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

Mahipal Singh Rana v. State of U.P.

(2016) 8 SCC 335 · Supreme Court of India

Where the Bar Council delays, the Supreme Court may still protect the court by appropriate orders, but professional debarment remains structured by the 1961 Act.

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Contempt power and the Bar Council's exclusive disciplinary field — Unit IV, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, 12 — Punishment for contempt of court
Advocates Act, 1961, 35–38 — Disciplinary jurisdiction and appeals
Constitution of India, 129 — Supreme Court to be a court of record