Supreme Court of India

Pratap Chandra Mehta v. State Bar Council of M.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 11 S.C.R. 965
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 9 August 2011

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State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh Rules - "· 121 and 122- -· Challenge to vires of r. 122- , on the ground that s. 15 of the Advocates Act, does not contemplate the framing of such Rule by State Bar Councils providing for removal of Chairman/Vice-Chairman by 'no confidence motion' - Held: Rule 122- of the M.P. Rules contemplates the removal of a ChairmanNice-Chairman by a motion of no confidence, passed by a specific majority of the members and subject to satisfaction of the conditions stated therein - It cannot be termed as vesting arbitrary powers in the elected body - Power delegated to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to

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