Unit I · Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System

Right to practise, dress, and the prohibition of strikes

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
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

(2003) 2 SCC 45 · Supreme Court of India

Lawyers have no right to strike or give a call for boycott; courts must not adjourn merely because the Bar is on strike.

(2011) 1 SCC 688 · Supreme Court of India

A Bar Association resolution refusing to defend a particular accused is unprofessional and unconstitutional.

(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.