Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System
Osmania University · LL.B. Semester 5 · P-V
Unit I
Development of Legal Profession in India · The Advocates Act, 1961 · Right to Practice · a right or privilege? · Constitutional guarantee under Article 19(1) (g) and its scope · Enrolment and Practice · Regulation governing enrolment and practice · Latest BCI Rules · Practice of Law · All India Bar Examination (AIBE) · Advocates and Solicitors’firm · Elements of Advocacy
- Enrolment of Lawyers — Qualifications prescribed u/s 24 of the Advocates Act 1961and procedure
- The Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council — Constitution, Powers and Functions
- Privileges of a lawyer — Salient features of the Advocates Act, 1961
- Right to Practice
- Common Terminology: Solicitor, Advocate, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Legal Practitioners, Barrister, AOR, Amicus Curie
- Introduction to Advocates Act, 1961
Unit II
Seven lamps of advocacy · Advocate’s duties towards public, clients, court, and other advocates and legal aid ; Bar Council of India’s Code of Ethics
Unit III
Disciplinary proceedings · Professional misconduct · Disqualifications · Functions of Bar Council of India/State Bar Councils in dealing with the disciplinary proceedings · Disciplinary Committees--Powers and functions · Disqualification and removal from rolls
- Professional Misconduct
- Punishment for misconduct
- Remedies against the order of punishment
- Review by the State Bar Council of its own order 3.5 Disciplinary Committee of the State
- Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India — Organisation and powers and procedure
- Transfer of proceedings from the State Bar Council to the Bar Council of India
- Selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of Bar Councils and Major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject
Unit IV
Professional Accounting · Accountancy for Lawyers · Nature and functions of accounting · Important branches of accounting · Accounting and Law · Bar Bench Relations