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

V.C. Rangadurai v. D. Gopalan

AIR 1979 SC 281 · Supreme Court of India

Returning the brief at the last moment so as to leave the client undefended is professional misconduct.

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