Professional Ethics, Bar Bench Relations and Accountancy for Lawyers

UNIT I: Introduction
1.1 Aim and Objective of Professional Ethics
1.2 Need for the Code of Legal Ethics
1.3 Need for the Professional Accounting System
1.4 Bar-Bench Relation
1.5 Mr. Krishnamurthy Iyer’s book on ‘Advocacy’
Unit 2: The Contempt Law and Practice Prescribed legislation: The Contempt of Court Act, 1971.
Unit 3: The Bar Council Code of Ethics Prescribed legislation :
1. Bar Council of India Rules on Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette. (Rules under Sec. 49(I)(c)
of the Advocates Act, 1961 read with proviso thereto)
2. Relevant portions of the Advocates Act, 1961 (Sec. 35, 36, 36(A), 36(B), 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 42(A), 43 &
44).
[Prescribed book for this Unit 3 is “Selected Judgements on Professional Ethics published” by Bar Council of India
Trust from Page No. 3 to 21.]