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ONALMI
SCONDUCT

ANAMI
KA
Rol
lNo.1682014,
BBALLB(
A)

I I
ntr
oduct
ion

Asanobl
epr
ofessi
on,ofcour
se,adv
ocat
esar
eboundbyet
hicalv
aluest
hatbecomet
he
gui
del
i
nesi
nthei
mpl
ement
ati
onoft
hei
rdut
iesandaut
hor
it
ies,
wher
ethosev
aluesar
eposi
tedas
1
aPr
ofessi
onalCodeofEt
hics. Pr
ofessi
onalmi
sconducti
sthebehav
iourout
sidet
heboundsof
whati
sconsi
der
edaccept
abl
eorwor
thyofi
tsmember
shi
pbyt
hegov
erni
ngbodyofapr
ofessi
on.
Gener
all
y,l
egalpr
ofessi
oni
sconsi
der
edasagr
aci
ous,nobl
e,anddecont
ami
nat
edpr
ofessi
onof
t
hesoci
ety
.Ther
efor
e,t
ocompar
elegalpr
ofessi
onwi
tht
hatoft
radeandbusi
nessi
sfarf
rom
2
cor
rectappr
oachandi
twi
l
ltot
all
ybemi
spl
aced.Member
sbel
ongi
ngt
othi
spr
ofessi
onshoul
dnot
encour
agedecei
tf
ulnessandcor
rupt
ion,butt
heyhav
etost
ri
vet
osecur
ejust
icet
othei
rcl
i
ent
s.
Thecr
edi
bil
i
tyandr
eput
ati
onoft
hepr
ofessi
ondependsupont
hemanneri
nwhi
cht
hemember
sof
t
hepr
ofessi
onconductt
hemsel
ves.I
t’
sasy
mbol
ofheal
thyr
elat
ionshi
pbet
weenBarandBench.

TheAdv
ocat
esAct
,1961aswel
lIndi
anBarCounci
lar
esi
l
enti
npr
ovi
dingexactdef
ini
ti
onf
or
pr
ofessi
onalmi
sconductbecauseofi
tswi
descope,t
houghunderAdv
ocat
esAct
,1961t
otake
di
sci
pli
nar
y act
ion puni
shment
s ar
e pr
escr
ibed when t
he cr
edi
bil
i
ty and r
eput
ati
on on t
he
pr
ofessi
oncomesunderacl
outonaccountofact
sofomi
ssi
onandcommi
ssi
onbyanymember
oft
hepr
ofessi
on.

I
I MEANI
NGANDI
NTERPRETATI
ON

Mi
sconducti
sabehav
iournotconf
ormi
ngt
opr
evai
l
ingst
andar
dsorl
aws,ordi
shonestor
3
badmanagement
,especi
all
ybyper
sonsent
rust
edorengagedt
oactonanot
her
'sbehal
f.I
tmeans
anyact
ivi
tyorbehav
iourofanadv
ocat
einv
iol
ati
onofpr
ofessi
onalet
hicsf
orhi
ssel
fi
shends.I
fan
actcr
eat
esdi
srespectt
ohi
spr
ofessi
onandmakeshi
m unwor
thyofbei
ngi
nthepr
ofessi
on,i
t
amount
stopr
ofessi
onalmi
sconduct
.Inot
herwor
danactwhi
chdi
squal
i
fiesanadv
ocat
eto
cont
inuei
nlegal
prof
essi
on.

Tounder
standt
hescopeandi
mpl
i
cat
ionoft
het
erm‘
misconduct
’,t
hecont
extoft
her
ole
andr
esponsi
bil
i
tyofanadv
ocat
eshoul
dbekepti
nmi
nd.‘
Misconduct
’persehasbeendef
inedi
n
4
t
heBl
ack’
sLawas“
ader
eli
cti
onofdut
y;unl
awf
ulori
mpr
operbehav
iour
” .Thoughi
nadi
ff
erent
cont
ext
,theHon’
bleSChasopi
nedt
hatt
hewor
d“mi
sconduct
”hasnopr
eci
semeani
ng,andi
ts
scopeandambi
thast
obeconst
ruedwi
thr
efer
encet
othesubj
ectmat
terandcont
extwher
eint
he

1
Ri
dwanAr if
in,LegalSer
vicesandAdv ocacyi ntheIndustr
ial
Revolut
ion4.0:Chal
l
engesandPr
obl
emsi
nIndonesi
a,1
I
NDONESIANJ.ADVOCACY&LEGALSERVI CES1 59,161( 2020).
2
Chair
man, M.P.Elect
ri
cit
yBoar dv.ShivNar ay an,(
2005)7SCC283( I
ndia).
3
2HAROLDS.BLOOMENTHAL, SECURI
TIESL AW HANDBOOK2 0(2007).
4
Misconduct,BLACK’
SLAW DI ONARY1
CTI 089( 9thedn.BryanA.Garnered.
,2009).
 5
t
erm occur
s. I
nthecont
extofmi
sconductofanadv
ocat
e,“
Misconduct
”underSect
ion35(
1)i
sof
wi
deri
mpor
tandmayormaynotneedani
mpl
i
edi
nvol
vementofmor
alt
urpi
tude.i
tmustbe
i
mpr
operorwr
ong behav
iour
,unl
awf
ulbehav
iour
,wi
l
lfuli
n char
act
er,a f
orbi
dden act
,a
t
ransgr
essi
onofest
abl
i
shedanddef
ini
ter
uleofact
ionorcodeofconduct
,butnotmer
eer
rorof
6
j
udgement
,car
elessnessornegl
i
gencei
nper
for
manceofdut
y. I
tcov
ersanymi
sdemeanouror
mi
sdeedormi
sbehav
iourwhi
chobst
ruct
sadmi
nist
rat
ionofj
ust
icesuchasseeki
ngr
epeat
ed
adj
our
nment
sonf
li
msyorf
ri
vol
ousgr
ounds.Soal
soabusi
ngt
hepr
ocessofcour
tismi
sconduct
7
andt
act
icsoff
il
ibust
erar
eal
sopr
ofessi
onalmi
sconduct
. Oneoft
hel
andmar
kcaseont
hi sI
si n
8
r
eASol
i
cit
orexpar
tet
heLawSoci
ety
. Dar
li
ngJ,
exapl
ainedi
tint
hef
oll
owi
ngmanner
:

[
I]ti
sshownt hattheadvocateinthepursui
tofhi
sprofessionhasdonesomet hi
ngwit
h
regardtoitwhichwoul dber easonabl
yregar
dedasdisgracefulordi
shonour
ablebyhi
s
professi
onalbrethrenofgoodr eputeandcompetency,t
heni tisopentosaythathei
s
9
guil
tyofprofessionalmisconduct.

Thecour
t,i
ndeal
i
ngwi
thcasesofpr
ofessi
onalmi
sconducti
snotconcer
nedwi
thor
dinar
y
l
egalr
ight
s,butwi
tht
hespeci
alandr
igi
drul
esofpr
ofessi
onalconductexpect
edofandappl
i
edt
o
aspeci
all
ypr
ivi
l
egedcl
assofper
sonswho,becauseoft
hei
rpr
ivi
l
egedst
atus,ar
esubj
ectt
o
cer
tai
ndi
sabi
l
iti
eswhi
chdonotat
tacht
oot
hermenandwhi
chdonotat
tachev
ent
othem i
nanon
-
prof
essi
onalchar
act
er.Al
egalpr
act
it
ioner
)isboundt
oconducthi
msel
finamannerbef
it
ti
ngt
he
hi
ghandhonour
abl
epr
ofessi
ont
owhosepr
ivi
l
egeshehassol
ongbeenadmi
tt
ed;andi
fhe
depar
tsf
rom t
hehi
ghst
andar
dswhi
cht
hatpr
ofessi
onhassetf
ori
tsel
fanddemandsofhi
min
pr
ofessi
onalmat
ter
s,hei
sli
abl
etodi
sci
pli
nar
yact
ion.Thef
actoft
her
ebei
ngnospeci
fi
crul
es
gov
erni
ngt
hepar
ti
cul
arsi
tuat
ioni
snotanyr
easonf
oraccept
ingal
essr
igi
dst
andar
d.I
fany
,the
absenceofr
ulesi
ncr
easest
her
esponsi
bil
i
tyoft
hemember
soft
hepr
ofessi
onat
tachedt
othe
cour
tast
ohowt
heyshoul
dconductt
hemsel
vesi
nsuchsi
tuat
ions,
hav
ingr
egar
dtot
hev
eryhi
gh
pr
ivi
l
eget
hatanAdv
ocat
eofSupr
emeCour
tnowenj
oysasoneent
it
led,
undert
hel
aw,
topr
act
ise
10
i
nal
ltheCour
tsi
nIndi
a. TheApexCour
taccept
edt
hatmer
enegl
i
gence,bei
ngunabl
eto
concl
usi
vel
ypr
ooft
hegui
l
tofmi
sconduct
,orer
rorofj
udgment
,bei
ngi
mpossi
blet
oel
i
minat
efr
om
11
al
lhumanaf
fai
rs,
ont
hepar
toft
heAdv
ocat
ewoul
dnotamountt
opr
ofessi
onalmi
sconduct
. The
si
tuat
ion,howev
er,i
sdi
ff
erenti
ncaseofgr
ossnegl
i
gence.Undersuchcases,opi nI
nedi nR,
e‘P’
12
anAdv
ocat
e, cour
tsar
eincl
i
nedt
oexami
net
hequest
iont
owhet
hersuchgr
ossnegl
i
gence
i
nvol
vesmor
alt
urpi
tude ordel
i
nquencywhi
ch i
snott
o be r
ecei
ved a nar
row const
ruct
ion.
Behav
iourofadv
ocat
esbei
ngi
ncont
rar
ytohonest
y,orgoodmor
als,oret
hics,canbesaf
elybe
consi
der
edt
obei
nvol
vedmor
alt
urpi
tude.Awi
l
fulandcal
l
ousdi
sregar
dfort
hei
nter
est
soft
he
cl
i
entmay
,inapr
opercase,bechar
act
eri
sedasconductunbef
it
ti
nganAdv
ocat
e.Thati
swhy

5
StateofPunj abv.Ram Singh,
AIR1992SC2188( I
ndi
a).
6
Ibid.
7
N.G.Dast anev.Shri
kantS.Shivde,(
2001)6SCC135( I
ndia).
8
(1912)1KB302( Eng.)
9
Id.at311-312.
10
InRe,‘
M’ anAdvocate,AI
R1957SC149.
11
T.A.KathiruKunj
uv .JacobMat hai
,(2017)5SCC755(I
ndia).
12
AIR1963SC1313( I
ndia).
deal
i
ngwi
tht
hequest
ionast
owhet
heranAdv
ocat
ehasr
ender
edhi
msel
funf
itt
obel
ongt
othe
br
other
hoodatt
heBar
,theexpr
essi
on“
mor
alt
urpi
tudeordel
i
nquency
”isnott
obeconst
ruedi
nan
undul
ynar
row andr
est
ri
ctedsense.Summar
il
y,anyconductwhi
chmakesaper
sonunwor
thyt
o
bel
ongt
othenobl
efr
ater
nit
yofl
awy
ersormakesanAdv
ocat
eunf
itt
obeent
rust
edwi
tht
he
r
esponsi
blet
askofl
ooki
ng af
tert
hei
nter
est
soft
hel
i
tigant
,mustber
egar
ded asconduct
13
i
nvol
vi
ngmor
alt
urpi
tude.

I
IITHECODEOFCONDUCTPRESCRI
BEDFORADVOCATE

TheAdv
ocat
esActof1961i
sacompr
ehensi
vel
egi
slat
iont
hatr
egul
atest
hel
egalpr
act
ice
andl
egaleducat
ioni
nIndi
a.I
tenv
isagesf
ort
heest
abl
i
shmentofBarCounci
lofI
ndi
aandSt
ate
BarCounci
l
swi
thv
ari
ousdi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
eest
odealwi
thmi
sconductoft
headv
ocat
es.
Mi
sconduct
,ref
err
edi
nChapt
erVoft
heAdv
ocat
esActof1961,i
sdi
sgr
acef
ulordi
shonour
abl
e
conductnotbef
it
ti
nganadv
ocat
e.I
tpr
ovi
desf
orpuni
shmentf
oradv
ocat
esf
orpr
ofessi
onaland
ot
hermi
sconductanddi
sci
pli
nar
ypower
soft
heBarcounci
lofI
ndi
a.I
nor
dert
oat
tractt
he
appl
i
cat
ion ofsect
ion 35 oft
he adv
ocat
es actt
he mi
sconductneed notbe pr
ofessi
onal
mi
sconductal
one.Theex
pressi
onusedi
nthesect
ioni
s“Pr
ofessi
onalorot
hermi
sconduct
”
(
emphasi
sadded)
.Itdescr
ibespr
ovi
sionsr
elat
ing t
o puni
shmentf
orpr
ofessi
onaland ot
her
mi
sconduct
s.So,
evenconductunconnect
edwi
tht
hepr
ofessi
onmayaccountt
oami
sconductas
f
orexampl
e,conv
ict
ionf
oracr
ime,t
hought
hecr
imewasnotcommi
tt
edi
nthepr
ofessi
onal
14
capaci
ty.

Sect
ion35(
1)oft
heAdv
ocat
eAct
,1961(
TheAct
)say
s,wher
eonr
ecei
ptofacompl
aintor
ot
her
wiseaSt
ateBarCounci
lhasr
easont
obel
i
evet
hatanyadv
ocat
eoni
tsr
ollhasbeengui
l
tyof
pr
ofessi
onalorot
hermi
sconduct
,itshal
lref
ert
hecasef
ordi
sposalt
oit
sdi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee.
15
I
nthecaseofBarCounci
lofMahar
asht
rav
.M.
V.Dabhol
kar
,itwashel
dthatt
her
equi
rementof
‘
reasont
obel
i
eve’
cannotbeconv
ert
edi
ntoaf
ormal
i
sedpr
ocedur
alr
oadbl
ock,
itbei
ngessent
ial
l
y
abar
ri
eragai
nstf
ri
vol
ousenqui
ri
es.I
tisi
mpl
i
citi
nther
esol
uti
onoft
heBarCounci
l
,wheni
tsay
s
t
hati
thasconsi
der
edt
hecompl
aintanddeci
dedt
oref
ert
hemat
tert
othedi
sci
pli
nar
ycommi
tt
ee,
t
hati
thadr
easont
obel
i
eve,
aspr
escr
ibedbyt
hest
atut
e.Sect
ion49ofTheActempower
stheBar
Counci
lofI
ndi
atof
ramer
ulesr
egul
ati
ngst
andar
dsofpr
ofessi
onalconduct
.Accor
dingl
yvar
ious
dut
iesar
epr
escr
ibedf
ort
headv
ocat
essomeoft
hem ar
ehi
ghl
i
ght
edbel
ow–
i
. Noadv
ert
isi
ngorsol
i
cit
ingwor
k,ei
therdi
rect
lyori
ndi
rect
ly.Anadv
ocat
emaynotadv
ert
ise
hi
sser
vicest
hroughci
rcul
ars,
adv
ert
isement
s,t
out
s,per
sonal
communi
cat
ionori
nter
views
notwar
rant
edbyper
sonalr
elat
ions.Si
mil
arl
y,t
hef
oll
owi
ngf
ormsofi
ndi
rectadv
ert
isi
ng
ar
epr
ohi
bit
ed:

a.Byi
ssui
ngci
rcul
arsorel
ect
ionmani
fest
osbyal
awy
erwi
thhi
sname,pr
ofessi
on

13
T.A.Kat
hir
uKunj
uv.JacobMat
hai
,(2017)5SCC755(
Indi
a).
14
(1997)3SCC131(I
ndi
a).
15
(1976)2SCC291(I
ndi
a).
 andaddr
esspr
int
edont
hemani
fest
os

b.Canv
assi
ngf
orv
otesbyt
our
ingi
nthepr
ovi
nceorsendi
ngouthi
scl
erkoragent
sto
t
hev
ari
ousdi
str
ict
s,whi
chmustnecessar
il
ymeandi
rect
lyappr
oachi
ngadv
ocat
es
pr
act
ici
ngi
nsubor
dinat
ecour
ts.

c. Thesi
gnboar
dornamepl
atedi
spl
ayedbyanadv
ocat
eshoul
dbeofpr
escr
ibedsi
ze.
I
tshoul
dnotr
efert
odet
ail
sofanaf
fi
li
atedbyt
headv
ocat
e;

i
i
. Nott
odemandf
eesf
ort
rai
ning;

i
i
i. Notusename/
ser
vicesf
orunaut
hor
izedpr
act
ice;

i
v. Nott
oent
erappear
ancewi
thoutconsentoft
headv
ocat
eal
readyengaged

Dut
iesofanAdv
ocat
e

ToCl
i
ent ToCour
t To
Pr
otect
ionoft
hei
nter
estoft
hecl
i
ent Honest
y,r
espectandl
oyal
ty Fel
lowship
andfai
rness
Pr
operesti
mationoft
hevalueof Pr
epar
ati
onoft
hecase Dut
iest
osel
f
l
egal
advicesandserv
ices
Dut
iest
oPubl
i
c Prudence
and
Ser
vice Dil
igence

Ther
ulesl
aiddownbyt
heBarCounci
lofI
ndi
afor
mst
hecodeofconductf
oradv
ocat
esandi
n
br
oadsenseanyv
iol
ati
onofsuchr
ulesorcodeofconductcanbet
ermedaspr
ofessi
onal
mi
sconduct
.Thescopeoft
het
erm hasbeenst
il
lwi
denedbyt
heSupr
emeCour
tinv
ari
ous
deci
sions.

I
V DI
SCI NARYPOWEROFBARCOUNCI
PLI LOFI
NDI
A

TheActwasal
ong soughtaf
terl
egi
sl
ati
on t
o consol
i
dat
ethel
aw r
elat
ing t
othel
egal
pr
act
it
ioner
s,const
it
uti
onofaut
onomousBarCounci
l
s,pr
escr
ipt
ionofuni
for
m qual
i
ficat
ionf
or
admi
ssi
onandenr
olmentofper
sonsasadv
ocat
es,mor
eimpor
tant
lyi
timposespuni
shmentf
or
pr
ofessi
onalmi
sconductbyadv
ocat
esandi
nthatr
especti
tact
sasaquasi
-j
udi
cialbody
.Onl
y
bodyt
hatcanbeappr
oachedf
orpr
ofessi
onalmi
sconductofadv
ocat
eisBarcounci
lconst
it
uted
undert
heActex
ceptf
orcont
emptofcour
twhi
chi
sal
soami
sconduct
.I hecaseofShambhu
nt
16
Ram Yadavv
.HanumanDasKhat
ry ,i
twashel
dthatI
tist
heoner
ousdut
yoft
hedi
sci
pli
nar
y
bodi
esoft
hel
egalpr
ofessi
ont
oensur
ethatadv
ocat
esadher
etot
hehi
ghst
andar
dssetf
ort
hem,

16
(
2001)6SCC1(
Indi
a).
t
otakeappr
opr
iat
eact
ionagai
nstdel
i
nquent
sandt
her
ebypr
otectt
hecr
edi
bil
i
tyandr
eput
ati
onof
t
hepr
ofessi
on,
aswel
last
hev
ital
publ
i
cint
eresti
nthedueadmi
nist
rat
ionofj
ust
ice.

Onr
ecei
ptofacompl
aintagai
nstanadv
ocat
e(orsuomot
u)i
ftheSt
ateBarCounci
lhas
‘
reason t
o bel
i
eve’t
hatanyadv
ocat
e on i
tsr
ollhas been gui
l
tyof“
prof
essi
onalorot
her
mi
sconduct
”,di
sci
pli
nar
ypr
oceedi
ngmaybei
nit
iat
edagai
nsthi
m.Thedi
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tyandhav
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egar
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17
nat
ureofact
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ainedof
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ofTheAct
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ateBarCounci
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s.I
n
18
hecaseofO.
t N.Mohi
ndr
oov
.Di
str
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hi,t
heambi
tandscopeoft
hispowerwas
di
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evi
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ovedbyt
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om conf
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li
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it
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thf
ullconsci
ousnessandawar
enessoft
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amount

17
Nor
atanmal
Chourar
iav.M.
R.Mur
li
,(2004)5SCC689(
Indi
a).
18
(
1971)3SCC5(Indi
a).
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consi
der
ati
onr
egar
dingpr
inci
plesofnat
uralj
ust
iceandf
airpl
ay, Howev
er,
thepower
sofr
evi
ew
ar
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rcumscr
ibedbyt
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.Theanal
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lPr
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ernedbyt
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ref
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tint
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it
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pr
imar
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ati
onsandt
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ermi
xed.

V CRI
TI SM OFTHEPOWER
CI

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hef
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it
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elev
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nstt
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nter
msofi
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sh
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ofessi
onalandot
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sconduct
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ingest
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ghCour
ttodoaj
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tforanadv
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etoappr
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andgett
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rom anaggr
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onofBarcounci
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sandSupr
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deandt
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dent
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aloft
hepr
inci
pleofnat
uralj
ust
icet
oanor
dinar
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ti
gantwhoi
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iev
ed
wi
tht
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sconductoft
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ocat
easal
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ayar
eaoft
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oceedi
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r
associ
ati
oni
eBarcounci
lisdeci
dingt
hecasei
nwhi
cht
hei
rownmemberi
sther
espondent
.Thi
s
i
sagai
nstt
her
uleofmeoj
udexi
ncausasua.Thel
ayper
sonhast
oappr
oachappr
opr
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efor
a
const
it
utedunderConsumerPr
otect
ionact1986t
ogetanypecuni
aryr
eli
efduet
othel
osscaused
bysuchmi
sconduct
,ifi
tfi
tsunderdef
ici
encyofser
vice.

19
AnAdv
ocat
ev .BarCounci
lofIndi
a,1989Supp( 2)SCC25(I
ndia)
.
20
O.
N.Mohi
ndroov.Dist
ri
ctJudge,Delhi
,(1971)3SCC5(Indi
a).