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The petitioner has demanded from the court that it should direct the BCI to frame fresh rules for prescribing a new dress code for lawyers across India.
The Allahabad High Court issued notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) on Friday on a plea seeking a ban on the present dress code of black coat and robes for lawyers. The Lucknow bench of the court also directed the Centre and the high court administration to file their responses on the issue by August 18. A division bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava issued the notice to the BCI on a PIL filed by lawyer Ashok Pandey.