Gujarat High Court Civil Manual (subordinate court practice), 1960
(1) When any person wishes to be enrolled as a clerk to any lawyer, he shall make an application to the District Judge stating his name, qualifications, age, residential address, the name of the lawyer whom he wants to serve and such other particulars as may be necessary. He shall also submit along with his application certificates of good character, integrity and reliability of any two respectable persons, who are not his relatives. He shall submit along with his application a writing from the lawyer saying that he wishes to engage the applicant as his clerk, and if the person is already serving under him, then a certificate from the lawyer that the applicant is fit to be appointed as his clerk. (2) The District Judge, on making such inquiries as he thinks fit may pass an order enrolling the applicant as a clerk to the lawyer or reject his application. (3) When the District Judge enrols any person as a clerk to the lawyer, intimation thereof shall be given to the applicant and his lawyer about the enrolment. The clerk so enrolled shall be given a permit on a strong paper to work as a clerk to the lawyer as per specimen appended. (4) The District Judge is authorised to impose upon the lawyer's clerk for any misconduct or default any of the following penalties:— (1) Suspension of the enrolment. (2) Cancellation of the enrolment. (5) If the District Judge, on inquiry, finds any clerk to the lawyer guilty of some misconduct, or default, he may by an order suspend or remove the name of such clerk from the Register. The permit issued to him shall be treated as cancelled and returned to the office which issued it. (6) No person shall be entitled to work as a clerk to any lawyer, unless he is enrolled by the District Judge and holds a permit as prescribed under the rules. (7) The lawyer shall intimate to the District Judge, if he suspends or removes his clerk whose name is enrolled in the Register maintained in the District Court. On receipt of such intimation, necessary note shall be made in the Register, the permit issued shall be treated as cancelled, and be returned to the Office which issued it. (8) The District Judge may, in his discretion, allow a lawyer's clerk to work under more than one lawyer after obtaining consent of the lawyers concerned. (9) The District Judge may cancel or modify any order passed by him in respect of the lawyer's clerk. (10) The District Judge may delegate to any subordinate Judicial Officer powers to enrol an applicant as a Lawyer's clerk and to hold inquiries into misconduct or default of the clerk concerned. In the case of refusal to enrol an applicant as a lawyer's clerk by the Officer concerned, or in the case where he has held inquiries into misconduct or default as aforesaid, the Officer concerned shall submit necessary recommendations or findings as the case may be to the District Judge who shall pass appropriate orders finally in such cases. (11) The final order of suspension of enrolment or cancellation of the enrolment shall, however, be passed by the District Judge. Due intimation thereof shall be given to the lawyers concerned and a note to that effect be made in the Register. (12) In an enquiry held under rule 5 by the District Judge or under rule 10 by a subordinate Judicial Officer or before the passing of final orders by the District Judge under rule 11, an opportunity shall be given to the lawyer's clerk concerned to