A woman advocate practicing for almost 32 years at the Rajasthan High Court, received her professional fees for acting as advocate for the National Rural Health Mission (“NRHM”) in 84 petitions, only after 15 years, upon filing a legal case against the State.

The petitioner was engaged by NRHM in 2010 as its advocate for appearing in a bunch of 84 petitions which were decided by the Court in 2011. Subsequently, an invoice of Rs. 4.25 Lakhs was raised by the petitioner towards these petitions.

The payment towards this invoice remained outstanding till 2019, after which a legal notice was sent to the Project Director, NRHM, to which no heed was paid. Hence, the petition was filed before the Court seeking directions to the State for paying the petitioner.

It was only after almost 7 years of the case being filed, that an affidavit was filed by the concerned Project Director, NRHM, declaring a cheque of Rs. 4.25 Lakhs being handed over to the petitioner towards her professional fees.

Based on this affidavit and the cheque received by the petitioner, withdrawal application was filed before the Court which was allowed by the bench of Justice Ganesh Ram Meena.

Title: Ms Manju Jain v State of Rajasthan & Anr.

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 46

For Petitioners: Mr. Sunil Samdaria

For Respondents: Mr. Archit Bohra

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