Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 921 · Decided 17 December 2021
K. Anjinappa v. K.C. Krishna Reddy and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 921 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 1034
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7478/2019
- Decided
- 17 December 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Advocates Act, 1961 - ss.35, 36, 36B - Held: Disposal of a complaint received by a State Bar Council u/s.35 within a period of one year from the date of receipt of such complaint is mandatory - Only in an exceptional case, by giving valid reasons to the complaint could not be disposed of within one year, such complaints are required to be transferred to the Bar Council of India as provided u/s.36B - Thus, the transfer of the complaint(s) received u/s.35 from the State Bar Council to the Bar Council of India is an exception -
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)