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

P.D. Khandekar v. Bar Council of Maharashtra

AIR 1984 SC 110 · Supreme Court of India

Fee disputes do not justify false certificates or overreaching the client; the disciplinary committee's findings stand if based on evidence.

From topic

Advertising, fees and professional accounting — Unit III, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. IV r. 36 — Restriction on advertising and soliciting
Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. III — Duty to opponents
Advocates Act, 1961, 15 — Power to make rules including accounts of the Bar Council