Section 23
The Right To Address
(1) If there are more than one Legal Practitioners in a case, the right and order to address before the authority, for a hearing of the case, shall be as follows:
(a) If the Legal Practitioners are of the same category on the basis of seniority of the date of the receipt of the license; and
(b) If there are different categories of Legal Practitioners, as follows:
(1) Senior Advocate
(2) Advocate
(3) Pleader
(2) Notwithstanding contained anything in Sub-section (1), the Legal Practitioner who has to address later, in the order of precedence may also
address earlier after taking permission from the Authority for the hearing and the Legal Practitioner who has right to address earlier.
(3) If there are more than one Legal Practitioners of the same category and having the license on the same date, a Legal Practitioner may
address earlier based on their mutual consent.
(a) If the Legal Practitioners are of the same category on the basis of seniority of the date of the receipt of the license; and
(b) If there are different categories of Legal Practitioners, as follows:
(1) Senior Advocate
(2) Advocate
(3) Pleader
(2) Notwithstanding contained anything in Sub-section (1), the Legal Practitioner who has to address later, in the order of precedence may also
address earlier after taking permission from the Authority for the hearing and the Legal Practitioner who has right to address earlier.
(3) If there are more than one Legal Practitioners of the same category and having the license on the same date, a Legal Practitioner may
address earlier based on their mutual consent.