Supreme Court of India
R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the privilege of being an Advocate- on-Record under the Rules has clearly been abused by the contemnor.
Judgment, page 69
From the headnote
Rules of High Court of Madras, 1970: rr. 14A, 14B, 14C and 14D (as inserted by amendment in 2016) – Empowerment of High Court to debar an advocate from practicing – Validity of – Held: High Court Rules have been framed in exercise of powers conferred u/s. 34 of Advocates Act – Section 34 does not confer power to frame rules to debar a lawyer for professional misconduct – It is apparent from the provisions and the scheme of the Advocates Act that the Act never intended to confer disciplinary powers upon the High Court or Supreme Court except to the extent dealing with an appeal u/s. 38 of…
Authorities it was built on
- 1998 Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India
- 2009 R.K. Anand v. Registrar, Delhi High Court
- 2002 Ex. Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India and Anr.
- 1995 In Re: Vinay Chandra Mishra (the Alleged Contemner) v. In Re : Vinay Chandra Mishra (the Alleged Contemner)
- 2001 Pravin C. Shah v. K.A. Mohd. Ali and Anr.
- 1975 Bar Council of Maharashtra v. M. V. Dabholkar. Etc. Etc
- 2004 Bar Council of India v. High Court of Kerala
- 2017 Suo Motu Contempt Petition (crl.) No.5 of 2017 in Re : Mohit Chaudhary, Advocate v..
- 2016 Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 K. Anjinappa v. K.C. Krishna Reddy and Anr.
- 2024 Bar of Indian Lawyers through its President Jasbir Singh Malik v. D. K. Gandhi Ps National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Anr.
- 2021 Amit Sachan & Anr. v. Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow & Ors.
- 2020 In Re Prashant Bhushan
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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