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practising before the Supreme Court and engages Counsel as indicated in the reply to part (a).
(d) Fees for Counsel naturally vary with the seniority and standing of the Counsel engaged and also with the importance and difficulty of the case. I regret I am unable to give a more precise answer to this question.
Shrimati Durgabai : May I know whether the Hon. Minister could give us information as to who are all juniors for the purpose of engagement and what was the basis on which their fees were paid ?
Dr. Ambedkar : The seniors who were generally engaged for the Central or State Governments are Mr. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar and Mr. Indra Dev Dua.
The junior advocates who are generally engaged are—
Mr. G.N. Joshi
Mr. S.N. Sikri
Mr. Rajinder Lal
Mr. K. Singh
Mr. H. J. Umrigar
Mr. R. Ganapati Ayyar
Mr. B. Sen
Mr. C.R. Pattabhiraman
Mr. S.N. Mukerjee
Mrs. Durgabai
Mr. S.B. Jeth
Rai Bahadur Nanakchand
Mr. V.N. Sethi
Sardar Kartar Singh Chowla
Mr. G.C. Mathur
Mr. A.N. Kirpal
Mr. R.N. Tikku
Mr. M.K. Pillai
Mr. P.M. Nathwani.
The usual fees fixed for junior counsels are as follows :—
Ten gold mohurs for opposing a petition for special leave.
Ten to twenty gold mohurs per day for criminal appeals, or applications under article 32 of the Constitution, according to the nature of the case.