Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 99 · Decided 28 January 2019
R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 99 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 589
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 612/2016
- Decided
- 28 January 2019
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19
Headnote
Rules of High Court of Madras, 1970: rr. 14A, 14B, 14C and 14D (as inserted by amendment in 2016) - Empowerment of High Court to debar an advocate from practicing - Validity of - Held: High Court Rules have been framed in exercise of powers conferred u/s. 34 of Advocates Act confer power to frame rules to debar a lawyer for professional misconduct - It is apparent from the provisions and the scheme of the Advocates Act that the Act never intended to confer disciplinary powers upon the High Court or Supreme Court except to the extent dealing with an appeal u/s.
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