770 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Having considered this matter, I have come to the conclusion that there are probably six questions that require to be considered so far as the Bar in India is concerned. One is the desirability and feasibility of a completely unified Bar for the whole of India, secondly, the continuance or abolition of the dual system of counsel and solicitor or agent which obtains in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts at Bombay and Calcutta; thirdly, the continuance or abolition of different classes of legal practitioners like advocates of the Supreme Court, advocates of the various High Courts, district court pleaders, mukhtars entitled to practice in criminal courts only, revenue agents, incom-tax practitioners etc.; fourthly, the desirability and feasibility of establishing a single Bar Council either for the whole of India or for each State separately; fifthly, the establishment of a separate Bar Council for the Supreme Court; and, last, the consolidation and revision of the various enactments, Central as well as State, relating to the legal practitioners.
I believe I have exhausted all the questions that have to be considered in order to give effect to the purport of the motion which my friend, Mr. Mukut Beharilal has moved just now. As I said, I had already decided to appoint a Committee and I have been in correspondence with the Supreme Court in order to ascertain whether the Supreme Court would be prepared to spare the services of one of their Judges to act as the Chairman of this Committee. Unfortunately, as hon. Members know, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is out of India for the moment and it has not been possible for me to get his final reply. He will be coming, I am told, some time early next month, and as soon as he comes and as soon as he lets me know as to which particular Judge he would be in a position to spare to act as the Chairman of this Committee, the Committee will be appointed and will begin to function. I also propose to appoint the Attorney-General, the AdvocateGeneral of one major State, a retired High Court Judge, and one or two Members of Parliament who have been taking keen interest in the subject to constitute this Committee.