# Allahabad High Court rejects lawyer’s Rs 4.8 crore fee plea against UP 2026-08-17T19:51:18+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Allahabad High Court has dismissed four petitions filed by an advocate seeking Rs 4.8 crore in pending professional fees from the Uttar Pradesh government. A Division Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary held that a writ petition for recovery of professional fees is not maintainable, as the engagement was contractual and involved disputed questions of fact. The petitioner claimed he represented the State as a special counsel for 16 years and was entitled to Rs 5 lakh per case for 96 cases under a 2011 government order. The State opposed this, arguing that the order applied only to special counsel outside the panel and that the petitioner's fee as a panel lawyer was only Rs 1,800 per case. The Court noted the government never admitted the dues and that the 2011 order did not fix a maximum fee of Rs 5 lakh for all cases. The Bench deprecated the State for compelling the counsel to approach the court, observing that fee disputes between a lawyer and client erode trust. However, it emphasised that lawyers should not drag clients to court over fees. The Court granted the petitioner liberty to approach a competent civil court for adjudication. ## Coverage - barandbench.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Allahabad High Court, Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary, Justice Shekhar B Saraf, Uttar Pradesh government Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/allahabad-high-court-rejects-lawyers-rs-4-8-crore-fee-plea-against-up/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/allahabad-high-court-rejects-lawyers-rs-4-8-crore-fee-plea-against-up/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/