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

R.K. Garg, Advocate v. State of Himachal Pradesh

(1981) 3 SCC 166 · Supreme Court of India

Throwing a file at the court and using abusive language is criminal contempt and a blot on professional ethics; apology is not a universal solvent.

From topic

Duty to the court and to the client — Unit III, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. I — Duty to the court
Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. II — Duty to the client
Advocates Act, 1961, 7(1)(b) — BCI's function to lay down standards of professional conduct