Law permits Perarivalan to practise as lawyer: T.N. Bar Council enrolment committee chairman
A.G. Perarivalan, convicted in the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been enrolled as a lawyer by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The council's chairman, K. Balu, stated that the law allows for his enrollment after a two-year cooling-off period post-release. He emphasized that there is no permanent disqualification for convicts to practice law, which has led to controversy in Perarivalan's case.
- ▪A.G. Perarivalan was recently enrolled as a lawyer by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
- ▪The law permits enrollment after a two-year cooling-off period following release from prison.
- ▪Chairman K. Balu noted that there is no permanent ban on convicts from becoming lawyers.
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Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) enrolment committee chairman K. Balu has clarified that A.G. Perarivalan, who served life term in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case, was enrolled as a lawyer recently because the law permits it. There was no provision to disqualify him forever, he added.When asked about the uproar over the enrolment of Mr. Perarivalan in the rolls of the BCTNP on Monday (April 27, 2026), Mr. Balu said that Section 24A of the Advocates Act of 1961 states that no person convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude should be enrolled with the bar councils.ALSO WATCH Watch: Perarivalan joins Madras High Court as lawyerHowever, a proviso to the Section makes it clear that such disqualification for enrolment shall cease to have effect…
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