"I must also thank the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Home Minister and Law Minister for placing confidence in me to take up this very sensitive assignment", Venkataramani also said.
The Bench was hearing petitions challenging the validity of Rules 9 to 11 of the BCI Rules for being violative of Section 16, 24 and 30 of the Advocates Act and Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution.
Attempts by the Union law ministry to curtail his powers – and place them with the Solicitor General – even before Rohatgi had started his stint are understood to have led to his decision to say no.
During the hearing, Justice Kaul recommended that the difficulty level of the AIBE should be determined based on the number of enrolled advocates required in the country.