MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS

LAW AND ADMINISTRATION

The number of persons following legal profession is on an increase. In 1951 there were 186 lawyers and 47 clerks of lawyers in the district. In 1958 the number was 229 including 218 pleaders, 9 advocates, and 2 barristers. There was no woman following this profession. The number of lawyers practising at different places in the district was as follows:-Satara 84, Wai 25, Karad 53, Patan 10, Koregaon 22, Vaduj 8, Dahiwadi 12 and Phaltan 15. But unlike the medical profession the income of persons following legal profession is on the decline. The profession has lost its local character and a pleader is required to move about many places in the district where his suits are pending a hearing. This has resulted in many a lawyer seeking a Government job. There were 14 courts of civil judges and judicial magistrates and one District and Sessions Court in the district.

A large number of persons are engaged in several branches of administration which include persons working as police, village watchmen, officers of Government, municipalities and other local bodies, villages officials and servants etc. In 1951, the number of persons engaged in police, services of the State, municipal and other local services was as follows: -

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