Landmark case · Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System · Semester 5

Ex-Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India

(2003) 2 SCC 45 · Supreme Court of India

Lawyers have no right to strike or give a call for boycott; courts must not adjourn merely because the Bar is on strike.

From topic

Right to practise, dress, and the prohibition of strikes — Unit I, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Advocates Act, 1961, 29–30 — Advocates to be the only recognised class of persons entitled to practise; right to practise
Advocates Act, 1961, 34 — Power of High Courts to make rules
Constitution of India, 19(1)(g) — Right to practise a profession, subject to reasonable restrictions