Shimla, July 31 -- Himachal Pradesh high court (HC) refused to allow enrolment of a man as a lawyer after finding that he had secured admission for three-year LLB course before completing his graduation.

A law graduate, Inderpal Singh, had challenged the order of a single bench of HC refusing his enrolment as an advocate.

The division bench held that as per the Advocates Act and Rules of Legal Education of 2008, a person can be admitted to the three-year LL.B course only after passing the bachelor's degree. "....thus, the prescribed standards, cannot be permitted to be eased out or diluted, just to enable the appellant-writ petitioner to seek ratification or to undo his known and admitted wrongs or inactions.", the court in its order da...