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

Ramon Services (P) Ltd. v. Subhash Kapoor

(2001) 1 SCC 118 · Supreme Court of India

A client cannot be left without a remedy because the advocate joined a strike; absence on that ground is not a sufficient cause in itself.

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