Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 248 · Decided 3 May 2001
N.G. Dastane v. Shrikant S. Shivde and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 248 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 442
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3543/2001
- Decided
- 3 May 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI, S.N. PHUKAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Advocates Act, 1961: I- S. 35(i)-Advocates- "Professional or other misconduct"-Cross- c examination of witness-Adjournments sought repeatedly though witness present in the Court on all the dates-No alternative arrangement for examination of witnesses made-Held, amounts to misdemeanour or misdeed or misbehaviour interfering with the administration D of justice, amounts to misconduct-Tactics of filibuster is also professional misconduct. Power and Duty of State Bar Council-Advocate- "Professional or y other misconduct"-Held, if Bar Council comes
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