Professional Ethics, Bench-Bar Relations and Accountancy for Lawyers (Practical-2)

Dibrugarh University · LL.B. Semester 8 · B.A.,LL.B.: 8.4

Unit 1 — Introduction

1.1 Aim and Objective of Professional Ethics · 1.2 Need for the Code of Legal Ethics · 1.3 Need for the Professional Accounting System · 1.4 Bar-Bench Relation · 1.5 Mr. Krishnamurthy Iyer‟s book on „Advocacy‟

Seven Lamps of Advocacy: Honesty, Courage, Industry, Wit, Eloquence, Judgment and Fellowship
Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette

Unit 2 — The Contempt Law and Practice

Prescribed Legislation : The Contempt of Court Act, 1971.

The Contempt Law and Practice — Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971

Unit 3 — The Bar Council Code of Ethics

Prescribed legislation: 1. Bar Council of India Rules on Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette. (Rules under Sec. 49(I)(c) of the Advocates Act, 1961 read with proviso thereto) 2. Relevant portions of the Advocates Act, 1961 (Sec. 35, 36, 36(A), 36(B), 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 42(A), 43 & 44). [Prescribed book for this Unit 3 is “Selected Judgements on Professional Ethics published” by Bar Council of India Trust from PageNo. 3 to 21.] Practical Projects: 30 (a) 50 selected opinions of Disciplinary Committees of Bar Councils and 10 major judgments of the Supreme Court on professional misconduct. Following are the 50 selected opinions of the Bar Councils on professional misconduct: - Financial Misappropriation: 1. K.V. Umerevs.Smt. Venubai, O Dase and Anr. Civil Appeal No. 2385 of 1977. 2. Smt. SiyaBaivs.Sitaram Singh BCI Tr. Case No. 8/1987 3. Smt. Urmila Devi vs.Sita Ram Singh BCI Tr. Case No. 21/1987 4. Secretary, Karnataka Khadi Gram UdyogSamyuktaSanghavs.J.S. Kulkarni BCI Tr. Case No. 12/1990 5. DevendraBhai Shankar Mehta vs.RameshchandraVithaldasSheth&Anr. Civil Appeal No. 4437 of 1990 6. Mr. M.S. Patwardhanvs. V.V. Karmarkar BCI Tr. Case No. 93/1991 7. Upendra D. Bhatt vs. Vijay Singh M. Kapadia D.C. Appeal No. 23/1993 8. Allahabad Bank vs. Girish Prasad Verma BCI Tr. Case No. 49/1993 9. Regional Officer, Allahabad Bank vs. J.P. Srivastava BCI Tr. Case No. 20/1995 10. Prof. KrishnarajGoswami vs. Viswanath D. Mukasikar D.C. Appeal No. 40/1995 11. Mrs. Suresh Joshi vs. L.C. Goyal BCI Tr. Case No. 44/1995 12. Tek Chand vs. Promod Kumar Choudhury BCI Tr. Case No. 22/1998 Suppression of Material Facts. 13. Smt. Sudesh Rani &Ors. Vs. Munish Chandra Goel BCI Tr. Case No. 43/1996 Misuse of SignedDocuments& Forgery 14. M. VeerabhadraRao vs. Tek Chand Civil Appeal No. 1019/1978 15. In the matter of „A‟ an Advocate Supreme Court 1887 16. Surendranath Mittal vs. DayanandSwaroop BCI Tr. Case No. 63/1987 17. Smt. Farida Choudhury vs. Dr. Achyut Kumar Thakuria BCI Tr. Case No. 1/1993 18. PratapNarain vs. Y.P. Raheja BCI Tr. Case No. 40/1993 19. Vikramaditya vs. Smt. JamilaKhatoon D.C. Appeal No. 21/1996 20. S.K. Nagar vs. V.P. Jain D.C. Apeal No. 14/1997 21. D.P. Chadha vs. TriyugiNarain Mishra &Ors. Civil Appeal No. 1124/1998 22. R.N. Tiwari vs. Ketan Shah D.C. Appeal No. 9/1999 23. Ashok Kumar Kapur vs. Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana D.C. Appeal No. 18/1999 Purchase of Property of the Client in Dispute 24. P.D. Gupta vs. Ram Murti&Anr. Civil Appeal No. 15496/1986 25. Ram Sewak Patel vs. Vir Singh D.C. Appeal No. 32/1992 26. Ajmer Singh vs. Jagir Singh D.C. Appeal No. 11/1994 Duty to the Client 27. V.C. Rangadurai vs. D. Gopalan&Ors. Civil Appeal No. 839/1978 28. ChandrashekharSoni vs. Bar Council of Rajasthan & Ors. Civil Appeal No. 258/1977 29. PrahladSharan Gupta vs. Bar Council of India &Anr. Civil Appeal No. 3588/1984 30. In Re: An advocate Civil Appeal No. 316/1987 31. ManjitKaur, Etc. vs. Deol Bus Service Ltd. Civil Misc. No. 4905/1988 32. Smt. P. Pankajam vs. B.H. Chandrashekhar B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 86/1992 33. John D‟Souza vs. Edward Ani Civil Appeal No. 3206/1993 34. In the matter of Mr. „P‟ an advocate Supreme Court of India Contingent Fees 35. H.G. Kulkarni&Ors. Vs. B.B. Subedar D.C. Appeal No. 40/1996 And B.B. Subedar vs. H.G. Kulkarni&Ors. D.C. Appeal No. 36/1996 36. Rajendra V. Pai vs. Alex Fernandes, Baptist Fernandes and Francisco Fernandes D.C. Appeal No. 11, 12, 13/2000 37. R.D. Saxena vs. Balram Prasad Sharma Civil Appeal No. 1938/2000 Contempt of Court 38. In Re.: Vinay Chandra Mishra Contempt Petition (Criminal) No. 3 of 1994 39. SuoMotu Enquiry vs. NandLalBalwani B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 68/1999 40. Kanta Prasad vs. BaldevSahaiRastogi D.C. Appeal No. 28/1996 Duty to the Court 41. Vijaya Singh vs. Murarilal&Ors. Civil Appeal No. 1922/1979 Physical Assault 42. Hikmat Ali Khan vs. Ishwar Prasad Arya& Ors. Civil Appeal No. 4240/1986 43. Saiyed Anwar Abbas vs. Krishna Singh Singh&Ors. B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 62/1991 Any Other Misconduct 44. Satish Kumar Sharma vs. bar Council of Himachal Pradesh Civil Appeal No. 5395/1997 45. Sardul Singh vs. Pritam Singh &Ors. Civil Appeal No. 1763/1993 46. J.N. Gupta vs. D.C. Singhania&J.K. Gupta B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 38/1994 47. J.N. Karia vs. M.S. Udeshi and M.S. Udeshi vs. T. Raja Ram Mohan Roy B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 61/1995 / B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 3/1999 48. BabuLal vs. Subhash Jain B.C.I. Tr. Case No. 115/1996 49. Kamal Prasad Misra vs. Mehilal D.C. Appeal No. 45/2000 50. Sambhu Ram Yadav vs. Hanuman Das Khatri Civil Appeal No. 6768/2000 All the above opinions are available in the book “Selected Judgments on Professional Ethics (Published by the Bar Council of India Trust, 21, Rouse Avenue Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002, Phones No. 3231647, 3231648, Fax: 3231767, E-mail: bcindia1@vsnl.com, Price: Rs. 400/-, 2002 edition)”. It is mandatory for the college to have this book in the library under the BCI Rules, 2008. From the following Supreme Court cases on Professional Misconducts, the students are required to study any 10 for their practical project. 1. SalilDutta vs. T.M. and M.C. (P) Ltd. (1993) 2 SCC 185. 2. Vinay Chandra Mishra, In re (1995) 2 SCC 584. 3. C. RavichandranIyerVs. Justice A.M. Bhattacharjee 91995) 5 SCC 457. 4. P.D. Gupta vs. Ram Murti(1997) 7 SCC 147. 5. R.D. Saxena vs. Balram Prasad Sharma (2000) 7 SCC 264. 6. D.P. Chadha vs. TriyugiNarain Mishra (2001) 2 SCC 221. 7. Shambhu Ram Yadav vs. Hanuman Das Khatry (2001) 6 SCC 1. 8. Pravin C. Shah vs. K.A. Mohd.Ali(2001) 8 SCC 650. 9. Bhupinder Kumar Sharma vs. Bar Assn., Pathankot(2002) 1 SCC 470. 10. Ex-Capt. Harish Uppal vs. Union of India (2003) 2 SCC 45. 11. Mahabir Prasad Singh vs. Jacks Aviation (P) Ltd. AIR 1999 SC 287; (1999) 1 SCC 37. 12. John D’Souza vs. Edward Ani, AIR 1994 SC 975, 1994 SCC (2) 64. 13. Bar Council of Maharastra vs. M.V. Dabhollkar, AIR 1976 SC 242, 1976 SCC (2) 291. 14. PandurangDattatrayaKhandekar vs. Bar Council of Maharastra, Bombay & Others, AIR 1984 SC 1100, 1984 (2) SCC 556. 15. V.C. Rangadurari vs. D. Gopalan& Others, AIR 1979 SC 281, 1979 SCC (1) 308. (b) Viva-voce 10 Viva-voce examination of 10 marks will be mainly on the above practical works to test the understanding of the students on the topics. Note : The written reports evaluated by the teacher along with list of the marks awarded will be placed before the external examiner at the time of vive-voce examination. The teacher of the practical paper will be the internal examiner who along with the external examiner will jointly award final marks on written reports and viva-voce examination. Written reports will not be accepted for final evaluation by the external & internal examiners if they are not submitted and evaluated regularly throughout the semester.