law: Advocates Act, 1961
  20.  (Note:- Subs. by Act 60 of 1973, sec.15)  Special provision for
  
  enrolment of certain Supreme Courts Advocates -
  (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, every
  
  advocate who is entitled a of right to practice in the Supreme Court
  
  immediately before the appointed day and whose name is not entered in any State
  
  roll may, within the prescribed time, express his intention in the prescribed
  
  form to the Bar Council of India for the entry of his name in the roll of a
  
  State Bar Council and on receipt thereof the Bar Council of India shall direct
  
  that the name of such advocate shall, without payment of any fee, be entered in
  
  the roll of that State Bar Council, and the State Bar Council concerned shall
  
  comply with such direction.
  (2) Any entry in the State roll made in compliance with the
  
  direction of Bar Council of India under sub-section (1) shall be made in the
  
  order of seniority determined in accordance with the provisions of sub-section
  
  (3) of section 17.
  (3) Where an advocate referred to in sub-section (1) omits or
  
  fails to express his intention within the prescribed time, his name shall be
  
  entered in the roll of the State Bar Council of Delhi.