Majority of 5,970 suspended advocates fake: Bar Council
CHENNAI, MARCH 27, 2019 00:00 IST
A mountain out of mole hill is being made on suspension of “lawyers,” says Bar Council
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that attempts were being made to make a mountain out of a mole hill on the issue of suspension of 5,970 “advocates” for non-payment of subscription fee towards Advocates Welfare Fund, though nearly 5,000 of them appear to be fake lawyers.
Show-cause notices served
Arguing before a Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and R. Pongiappan, senior counsel R. Singaravelan said, show- cause notices sent to 4,021 “advocates” had returned unserved, addresses furnished by 715 of them to the bar council appeared to be that of trial courts in various districts and fee was not paid by 1,234 of them despite serving of notices. Opposing a writ petition filed by Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) challenging the suspension as well as Rule 42 of the Bar Council of India Rules which provides for suspension for non-payment of subscription fee, he said, the suspension orders were passed only after issuing as many as eight show cause notices.
“If really, all those 5,970 people are practising lawyers, this court hall would have been filled with them today but not a single person has come to this court except for the association. The addresses given by 4,021 advocates to the bar council are wrong and another 715 had given the address of sub courts in various districts as their address.
CHENNAI, MARCH 27, 2019 00:00 IST
A mountain out of mole hill is being made on suspension of “lawyers,” says Bar Council
The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that attempts were being made to make a mountain out of a mole hill on the issue of suspension of 5,970 “advocates” for non-payment of subscription fee towards Advocates Welfare Fund, though nearly 5,000 of them appear to be fake lawyers.
Show-cause notices served
Arguing before a Division Bench of Justices N. Kirubakaran and R. Pongiappan, senior counsel R. Singaravelan said, show- cause notices sent to 4,021 “advocates” had returned unserved, addresses furnished by 715 of them to the bar council appeared to be that of trial courts in various districts and fee was not paid by 1,234 of them despite serving of notices. Opposing a writ petition filed by Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) challenging the suspension as well as Rule 42 of the Bar Council of India Rules which provides for suspension for non-payment of subscription fee, he said, the suspension orders were passed only after issuing as many as eight show cause notices.
“If really, all those 5,970 people are practising lawyers, this court hall would have been filled with them today but not a single person has come to this court except for the association. The addresses given by 4,021 advocates to the bar council are wrong and another 715 had given the address of sub courts in various districts as their address.
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