India, Jan. 3 -- New Delhi

Enrolment of advocates based on fake certificates undermines not just individual cases but the justice delivery system as a whole, the Delhi High Court has held, denying anticipatory bail to a man accused of securing enrolment with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) using a forged LLB degree and marks sheet.

The court delivered the verdict in a petition filed by J Vasanthan, challenging a trial court's December 15, 2025, order rejecting his anticipatory bail in a cheating case registered in November on a complaint by the BCD under provisions of the Indian Penal Code.

"The possessing of valid degrees from recognised colleges to get an enrolment in the bar for practising as a counsel is of utmost importance, the si...