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

Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India

AIR 1998 SC 1895 · Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court cannot, in contempt, suspend or cancel an advocate's licence; that power belongs to the statutory disciplinary process under the Advocates Act.

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Contempt power and the Bar Council's exclusive disciplinary field — Unit IV, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, 12 — Punishment for contempt of court
Advocates Act, 1961, 35–38 — Disciplinary jurisdiction and appeals
Constitution of India, 129 — Supreme Court to be a court of record