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 Advoca te- on-Record under the Rules has clearly been abused b y 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 advoca te from practicing – Validity of – Held: High Court Rules have been f ramed 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 p rovisions and the scheme of the Advocates Act that the Act never intende d to confer disciplinary powers upon the High Court or Supreme Court exc ept 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..
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.
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