Supreme Court of India

Bar Council of India v. High Court of Kerala

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 649

Bench V.N. Khare, Brijesh Kumar and S.B. Sinha JJ.

Decided 27 April 2004

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Constitution of India, I950 : Articles 14 and I9(/)(a)-Rule I I of Rules framed by High Court of Kera/a-Forbidding a lawyer from appearing, acting gr pleading in any court till he got himself purged of contempt of court by an order of the appropriate court-Held, is not unconstitutional-The provision is not violative of principles of natural justice nor is ultra vires Article I 4- Contempt of Court-Rules framed by High Court of Kerala-r. I I-Advocates Act, I96/-ss.30 and 34(/)-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-ss. 345 and 346. Articles 19(/)(a) and 32-Bar Council of India-Challenging Rule I I

Authorities it was built on

2003 Canara Bank and Ors. v. Shri Debasis Das and Ors. cited by 17
1951 P. D. Shamdasani v. Central Bank of India Ltd. cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2019 Rakesh Tiwari, Advocate v. Alok Pandey, C.J.M. relied on
2016 Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2019 R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras referred to

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