Supreme Court of India

J Bar Council of Maharashtra v. M. V. Dabholkar Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1976] 2 S.C.R. 48

Decided 3 October 1975

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the canons of ethics and propriety for the legal profession totally taboo conduct by way of soli citing, advertising, scrambling and -other obnoxious practices, subtle or clumsy, for betterment of legal business.

Judgment, page 13

Where later benches applied it

2021 K. Anjinappa v. K.C. Krishna Reddy and Anr. relied on
2011 Vishram Singh Raghubanshi v. State of U.P. relied on
2010 Smt. Poonam v. Sumit Tanwar relied on
2021 The Income Tax Officer, Circle I (2), Kumbakonam & Anr. v. V. Mohan & Anr. referred to
2018 Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balalji and Ors. referred to
2016 Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2015 M/s. Tata Chemicals Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs (preventive) Jam Nagar referred to
2013 In Re: Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Advocate v.. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 5 referred to

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