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

R.D. Saxena v. Balram Prasad Sharma

AIR 2000 SC 2912 · Supreme Court of India

Fees cannot be recovered by converting the client's papers into a security; the remedy is a proper account and a civil claim.

From topic

Books of account, client money and Bar Council finances — Unit V, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Advocates Act, 1961, 15(2)(l) — Rules as to the funds of the Bar Council
Advocates Act, 1961, 17 — State roll and maintenance of records
Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II — Duty not to appropriate client money; accounts of clients