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

N.G. Dastane v. Shrikant S. Shivde

(2001) 6 SCC 135 · Supreme Court of India

Asking for repeated adjournments to wear down a witness is conduct unbecoming of an advocate and punishable as misconduct.

From topic

Misconduct and the disciplinary process — Unit II, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Advocates Act, 1961, 35 — Punishment of advocates for misconduct
Advocates Act, 1961, 36–37 — Disciplinary powers of the Bar Council of India and appeal to the Supreme Court
Advocates Act, 1961, 6(1)(c) — State Bar Council's function to entertain and determine cases of misconduct