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This?
But believe me when I say the Bar and the Bench already have a very good of who is good and who is not (even if it isn't necessarily reflected in senior designations).
- anyone who has 25 years of practice
- plus appeared in at least 500 cases in those 25 years, of which note more than 20 percent are PILs (to discourage frivolous lawyers)
- plus authored at least 10 articles in a list of pre-approved law journals
- plus clocked 1,000 hours of pro bono work or guest lectures at law schools in those 25 years
- plus has given opportunities to at least 50 interns in those 25 years, with pay
- plus has not been convicted any offence
- plus has not been found guilty of any breach of professional ethics
The final step should be to pay a registration fee of Rs 50 lakhs , to be transferred to improve the conditions of trial courts.