Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 379 · Decided 23 September 1998
Pawan Kumar Sharma v. Gurdial Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 379 · [1998] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 28
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3407/1998
- Decided
- 23 September 1998
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, V.N. KHARE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
KUMAR SHARMA v. GURDIAL SINGH SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 B [DR. A.S. ANAND AND V.N. KHARE, JJ.) Bar Council of India Rules : Rules 47 and 48-Advocate-P;-ofessional misconduct-Nature of C charge-Complaint filed against Advocate that he was engaged in "taxi business "-Advocate admitting that prior is in the nature of quasi-criminal charge-It is required to be established not by preponderance of probabilities but beyond D a reasonable doubt-In the instant case, the evidence led only shows that the appellant owned four taxis-Mere ownership of taxis cannot lead to any irresistible
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