Professional Ethics & Professional Accounting System

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University · LL.B. Semester 3

Unit 1

Nature and Characteristics of: · (a) Professional Ethics · (b) Legal Profession

Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette

Unit 2

Professional ethics and Advocacy, Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette, Conflict between interest and duty, Duty to court, Duty to Client, Duty to opponent, Duty to Colleagues, Duty towards Society, and obligation to render legal aid

Unit 3 — Bench-Bar Relationship

Reciprocity as partners in the administration of Justice Professional Misconduct Rights and Privileges of Advocates

Unit 4

Historical development of Contempt of Court Act in India, Object and Constitutional validity of Contempt of Court Act. · Definition, Kinds of Contempt · Contempt by Judges, Magistrates, Lawyers and other persons Cognizance, Procedure, Appellate provisions regarding Contempt Defences, Punishment and Remedies against punishment for Contempt of Court and Punishment for Contempt, Defences

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

Unit 5

(1) The Advocate Act, 1961, The Bar Council of India Rules, 1961 · (2) Contempt of Court Act, 1971 · (3) The Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 · (4) The Contempt of Courts (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018