Clinical 23 Vakalatnama
Clinical 23 Vakalatnama
Clinical 23 Vakalatnama
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VAKALATNAMA
behalf of the client. Without this authorization any Advocate cannot appear before the judicial
forum. The Vakalatnama should be a valid one. Without a valid vakalatnama the Advocate can
neither be allowed to represent the parties nor any adjournment request from the Advocate can
be entertained.
In ‘Uday Sankar Triyar V. Ram Kaleswar Prasad Singh and another [2005 (11) TMI 436 -
SUPREME COURT] the Supreme Court laid down law in regard to filing up proper
vakalatnama in a proceeding before Courts. In this case the Supreme Court expressed their
concern in regard to the manner in which defective vakalatnamas are routinely filed in
and authorizes the pleader appearing for a litigant to do several acts as an Agent, which is
binding on the litigant who is the principal. It is a document which creates the special
relationship between the lawyer and the client. It regulates and governs the extent of delegation
of authority to the pleader and the terms and conditions governing such delegation. It should,
therefore, be properly filled/attested/accepted with care and caution. Obtaining the signature of
the litigant on blank vakalatnamas and filling them subsequently should be avoided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
versus
KNOW ALL to whom these presents shall come that I Rauf Lala the above named Plaintiff do hereby
appoint Mr. Yasir Advocate, having office at 420, Lawyers Block, Saket court complex, Saket, New
Delhi hereinafter called Advocate to be my advocate in the above noted case and authorize him :-
(1) To act, appear and plead in the above noted case in this Court, or any other Court to which the same
may be transferred, or the Court where the same may be tried or heard and also in the appellate Courts.
(3) To sign, file and present all pleadings, replications, rejoinders, appeals, cross-objections, petitions,
counter affidavits, objections, affidavits, applications, including applications for execution, restoration,
withdrawal and compromise, or such other petitions or affidavits or other documents as may be deemed
necessary or proper for the prosecution of the said case in all its stages.
(8) To do all other acts and things as may be deemed necessary or required to be done in the course of
(9) To appoint and instruct another advocate(s) and authorize him/her/them to exercise the powers and
authority hereby conferred whenever the Advocate may think fit to do so and to sign a power of attorney
And I do hereby agree to ratify and confirm all acts done by the Advocate or his substitute in the matter as
And I the undersigned do hereby agree not to hold the Advocate or his substitute responsible for the result
And I the undersigned do hereby agree that in the event of the whole or any part of the fee agreed by me
to be paid to the Advocate remaining unpaid he shall be entitled to withdraw from the prosecution of the
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I do hereunto set my hand to these presents this the 12th day of May 2019
(ADVOCATE) (CLIENT)