“Apology is not a weapon of defence”: Bombay High Court holds two lawyers who threated a Judge guilty of criminal contempt
The lawyers were fined ₹2,000 and directed to pay ₹50,000 costs each, with a Bar Council referral for action.
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Transfer fee charged by Maharashtra & Goa Bar Council violative of S. 18 Advocates Act: Bombay High Court
“The fee was charged from the petitioner in accordance with the Resolution of 2010 whereby the State Bar Council was authorized to collect enrollment fee but the realization of such fee for transfer of enrollment was not permissible under Section 18(1) of the 1961 Act.”
‘Principles of natural justice thrown to the winds’; Bombay HC stays license suspension order of female advocate for alleged misconduct
A party to the proceedings being not informed of the jurisdictional authority which decides the complaint itself is fatal to all norms of fairness.
Bombay High Court reprimands lawyers for degrading the legal profession by providing result-oriented services to ‘please the client’
Bombay High Court refused to entertain the applicant’s counsel’s explanation that it was an inadvertent mistake.
A Requiem for Costs
by Mikhail Behl†
Bom HC | Lawyer-client relationship is a fiduciary one; any act which is detrimental to legal rights of clients’ needs to be punished
Bombay High Court: Stating that it is the duty of every Advocate to uphold professional integrity so that citizens can legally secure