TMI Blog2001 (4) TMI 872X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... prevented the affected persons from approaching the court. In the discharge of his professional obligations, the petitioner-advocate is not obliged to file the writ petition on behalf of his clients. No circumstance was mentioned in the petition which allegedly incapacitated the affected persons from filing the writ petition. Section 30 of the Advocates Act, only entitles an advocate to practise t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d order. It was contended that by the transfer of the cases, the speedy trial of the accused has been hampered and that the order has been passed in a casual manner. The writ petition was dismissed by the High Court holding that the petitioner being an advocate had no locus standi to challenge the legality of the order by way of a writ petition. Generally speaking, a person shall have no locus s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... entertain cases of individual wrong or injury at the instance of third party where there is an effective legal aid organisation which can take care of such cases. Even in cases filed in public interest, the court can exercise the writ jurisdiction at the instance of a third party only when it is shown that the legal wrong or legal injury or illegal burden is threatened and such person or determin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... own name, being not a part of the professional obligation of the advocate, the High Court was justified in dismissing the writ petition holding that the petitioner had no locus standi. The reliance of the learned counsel on Chairman, Railway Board Ors. v. Chandrima Das (Mrs.) Ors. [2000 (2) SCC@@ 465] is misplaced inasmuch as in that case the writ petition@@ had been filed in public interest ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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