{"id":390970,"date":"2026-07-21T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=390970"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:41:34","slug":"bom-hc-ad-interim-relief-practicing-advocate-criminal-liability-for-legal-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/07\/21\/bom-hc-ad-interim-relief-practicing-advocate-criminal-liability-for-legal-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing Advocate Facing Criminal Charges for Alleged Wrong Legal Advice Gets Ad-Interim Protection from Bombay HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bombay High Court:<\/span> While considering a criminal application filed by a practicing Advocate seeking protection against criminal proceedings under penal provisions of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy, the Single Judge Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Sandesh D. Patil<\/span>, J., recorded the applicant&#8217;s contention that criminal liability cannot be foisted upon an advocate for an alleged wrong legal advice or opinion rendered by him. Accordingly, the Court granted adinterim relief in terms of prayer clause &#8220;b&#8221;, restricted to the applicant, and adjourned the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/07\/18\/ker-hc-foreign-counsel-cannot-examine-witness-before-advocate-commissioner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign counsel cannot examine witnesses before Advocate Commissioner: Ker HC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The applicant, through counsel, submitted that he is a practicing Advocate and that he had merely given an opinion in the matter. According to the applicant, criminal liability had been foisted upon him on account of his alleged wrong legal advice or opinion. In support of the submission, he relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">CBI<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">K. Narayana Rao<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/v0k3S26B\" target=\"_blank\">(2012) 9 SCC 512<\/a><span style=\"Times New Roman&quot;;\"><\/span>, and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Surendra Nath Pandey<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Bihar<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/XOrMnQ8d\" target=\"_blank\">(2020) 18 SCC 730<\/a>. On the other hand, the respondents&#8217; counsel sought time to file an affidavit-in-reply in the matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court directed that the matter be stood over to 17 July 2026. Pending further consideration of the matter, the Court granted adinterim relief in terms of prayer clause &#8220;b&#8221; and clarified that such adinterim relief was granted only qua the applicant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/07\/10\/sc-iba-cannot-use-caution-list-for-blacklisting-advocate\/\" target=\"_blank\">SC: IBA Can&#8217;t Use Caution List for Blacklisting Advocate<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dipak Gurushantappa Takalki<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, Criminal Application No. 11 of 2026, decided on 3-7-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Applicant:<\/span> Ritesh M. 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Naik, APP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondent 2:<\/span> Pradeep Salgar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bombay High Court grants adinterim relief to practicing Advocate who contends that criminal liability has been foisted upon him for legal opinion rendered in professional capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67538,"featured_media":390971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[40353,110376,2518,110374,90909,31389,43644,60324,110375],"class_list":["post-390970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-ad-interim-relief","tag-advocate-liability","tag-Bombay_High_Court","tag-criminal-liability-against-advocate","tag-justice-sandesh-d-patil","tag-legal-advice","tag-legal-opinion","tag-practicing-advocate","tag-professional-opinion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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