Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bars Practice of 19 Advocates Pending Disciplinary Proceedings

The Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, on 09.05.2022 has passed a prohibitory order against 19 lawyers from practicing as advocates in all Courts, Tribunals and other authorities in India either in their name or under any assumed name. 

The notification, issued by the Secretary of the Bar Council, was in light of the Disciplinary Proceedings pending against these advocates. These advocates have been charged with various offenses under the Indian Penal Code, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992, SC/ST Act 2015, Prevention Of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 among others. The bar council has also barred lawyers involved in a large scale scam involving the filing of vexatious motor accident claim petitions before the courts in the State.

The notification has been forwarded to the Registrar of Supreme Court, the Secretary Bar Council of India, The High Court Registrar, Judges of all lower courts in the State, the Chief Secretary to Government, The Secretary - Law Department, The Secretary - Home Department, Director General of Police, the Commissioner of Police and all the Bar Councils in the State. The authorities were also directed to circulate copies of the notification to all the officers under their department.

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