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Dara Singh & Ors. v. Ram Krishna Dhar

Calcutta HC15 Dec 2025FAT/216/2018

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What is this about?

F.AT. 216 of 2018; Dara Singh & Ors. v. Ram Krishna Dhar; order dated 06-04-2026; bench Rajasekhar Mantha, Rai Chattopadhyay; advocate on record change — vakalatnama ‘no objection’ (Saunak Bhattacharya, Abir Lal Chakravorti, Surajit Maiti, Lakshmi Shaw); release/making over of sums lying with Registrar General to appellants in name of Dara Singh & Ors.; liberty to mention for hearing.

What did the court decide?

Registrar General directed to make over sums lying with him to the appellants, to be released in the name of the appellant Dara Singh and others represented by Ms. Lakshmi Shaw, the current advocate on record; liberty granted to mention for hearing. ¶12

Dara Singh & Ors. Vs Ram Krishna Dhar — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Acceptance of the change of advocate on record for the appellants, i.e., the vakalatnama of the new advocate on record, without objection from the prior advocates. +1 more

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Court's answer

The prior advocates on record (Mr. Abir Lal Chakravorti and Mr. Saunak Bhattacharya) appeared in Court and expressed ‘no objection’ to the vakalatnama filed by the then current advocate on record Mr. Surajit Maiti.

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Ratio / Principle

Ms. Lakshmi Shaw is recorded as the current advocate on record for the appellants.

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Key takeaways

Sums lying with the learned Registrar General are to be made over to the appellants by the learned Registrar General of this Court.ratio¶12
It is reiterated that the payments would be released in the name of the appellant Dara Singh and others represented by Ms. Lakshmi Shaw, the current advocate on record for them.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

F.AT. 216 of 2018 — Dara Singh & Ors. v. Ram Krishna Dhar (order dated 06-04-2026; bench: Rajasekhar Mantha, J. and Rai Chattopadhyay, J.). Administrative order: (i) change of advocate on record for the appellants regularised — original AOR Mr. Saunak Bhattacharya raised no objection to Mr. Abir Lal Chakravorti; vakalatnamas subsequently filed by Mr. Abir Lal Chakravorti and Mr. Surajit Maiti; both prior advocates attended Court and expressed ‘no objection’; Ms. Lakshmi Shaw recorded as the current advocate on record for the appellants; (ii) learned Registrar General directed to make over sums lying with him to the appellants, payments to be released in the name of appellant Dara Singh and others represented by Ms. Lakshmi Shaw; (iii) liberty to mention for hearing. No statutory provisions or precedents cited; no quantum stated.

Dara Singh & Ors. v. Ram Krishna Dhar

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