CLINICAL PAPER-II – PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University · LL.B. Semester 5 · 5.6
Unit A — SECTION –A
Unit I — UNIT-I
The legal profession and its responsibilities; · The equipment of the lawyer; · Conduct in court; · Professional conduct in general; · Privileges of a lawyer;
- Common Terminology: Solicitor, Advocate, Lawyer, Senior Counsel, Junior Counsel, Legal Practitioners, Barrister, AOR, Amicus Curie
- Enrolment of Lawyers — Qualifications prescribed u/s 24 of the Advocates Act 1961and procedure
- Right to Practice
- Privileges of a lawyer — Salient features of the Advocates Act, 1961
- Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette
Unit II — UNIT-II
Seven lamps of advocacy · Advocates duties towards public, clients, court, and other advocates and legal aid ; · Bar Council Code of Ethics.
Unit III — 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. Contempt of Court Act, 1972
- The Bar Council of India and the State Bar Council — Constitution, Powers and Functions
- Professional Misconduct
- Punishment for misconduct
- 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
- Remedies against the order of punishment
- The Contempt Law and Practice — Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Unit IV — UNIT-IV
Accountancy for lawyers: · Need for maintenance of accounts · Books of accounts that need to be maintained- Cash Book, journal and ledger · Elementary aspects of bookkeeping: Meaning, object, journal, double entry system, closing of accounts · The cash and bulk transaction- The Cash book- Journal proper especially with reference to client‘s accounts- Ledger, Trial balance and final accounts- Commercial mathematics.
Unit B — SECTION –B
Selected major judgments of the Supreme Court: · 1.In the matter of D, An Advocate, AIR 1956 SC 102. · 2.P.J.Ratnamv.D.Kanikaram, AIR1964 SC 244. · 3.N.B.Mirzanv.The disciplinary committee of Bar Council of Maharastra and Another, AIR 1972 · SC 46. · 4.Bar Council Of Maharastrav.M.V.Dabholkar, etc., AIR 1976 SC 242. · 5.V.C.Rangaduraiv.D.Goplan and others,AIR 1979 SC 201. · 6.Chandra Shekhar Soniv.Bar Council of Rajasthan and Others,AIR 1983 SC 1012. · 7.In Re an Advocate, AIR 1989 SC 245. · 8.In Re Vinay Chandra Mishra, 1995 (Vol-I) IBR 118. · 9.Supreme Court Bar Associationv.Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 1895. · 10.Ex-Capt. Harish Uppalv.Union of India, AIR 2003 SC 739. · 11 Any other recent judgments of Supreme Court selected and given by concerned teacher · Selected opinions of the Bar council of India · 1. DC Appeal No. 16/93 1998 (Vol.1) IBR 135 · 2. BCI Tr. Case No.40/91 1998 (Vol.1) IBR139 · 3. DC Appeal No. 8/94 1998 (Vol. 1) IBR 153 · 4. DC Appeal No. 20/94 1997 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 193 · 5 BCI Tr. Case No. 76/95 1997 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 201 · 6 DC Appeal No.43/96 1997 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 207 · 7 DC Appeal No.18/91 1997 (Vol. 1 & 2) IBR 271 · 8 DC Appeal No.24/90 1996 (Vol.1) IBR 135 · 9 DC Appeal No.19/93 1996 (Vol.1) IBR 152 · 10 BCI Tr. Case No.104/90 1996 (Vol.1) IBR 155 · 11 BCI Tr. Case No.52/89 1994 (Vol.1) IBR 187 · 12 BCI Tr. Case No.127/88 1992 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 125 · 13 BCI Tr. Case No.39/87 1992 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 147 · 14 BCI Tr. Case No.39/89 1992 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 149 · 15 BCI Tr. Case No.16/88 1989 (Vol.1) IBR 99 · 16 BCI Tr. Case No.2/88 1989 (Vol.1) IBR 102 · 17 BCI Tr. Case No.52/88 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 110 · 18 DC Appeal No.41/87 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 122 · 19 BCI Tr. Case No.29/81 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 245 · 20 DC Appeal No.14/88 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 258 · 21 BCI Tr. Case No.14/80 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 264 · 22 DC Appeal No.24/87 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 273 · 23 DC Appeal No.46/86 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 280 · 24 DC Appeal No.3/88 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 285 · 25 BCI Tr. Case No.2/80 1989 (Vol.2) IBR 289 · 26 BCI Tr. Case No.10/86 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 520 · 27 BCI Tr. Case No.101/88 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 524 · 28 DC Appeal No.23/88 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 532 · 29 DC Appeal No.35/87 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 536 · 30 BCI Tr. Case No.27/88 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 542 · 31 BCI Tr. Case No.6/84 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 560 · 32 BCI Tr. Case No.24/86 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 563 · 33 DC Appeal No.10/88 1989 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 572 · 34 DC Appeal No.45/74 1988 (Vol. 1 &2) IBR 182 · 35 DC Appeal No.23/87 1989 (Vol.1& 2) IBR 187 · 36 DC Appeal No.6/81 1988 (Vol.1& 2) IBR 193 · 37 BCI Tr. Case No.16/86 1988 (Vol.1& 2) IBR 197 · 38 DC Appeal No.41/86 1988 (Vol.1& 2) IBR 200 · 39 DC Appeal No.33/86 1988 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 354 · 40 DC Appeal No.21/85 1988 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 359 · 41 BCI Tr. Case No.43/82 1988 (Vol. 3 &4) IBR 364 · 42 DC Appeal No.28/86 1988 (Vol.3& 4) IBR 374 · 43 DC Appeal No.64/74 1987 (Vol.2) IBR 314 · 44 DC Appeal No.30/84 1987 (Vol.2) IBR 319 · 45 DC Appeal No.40/86 1987 (Vol.3) IBR 488 · 46 DC Appeal No.10/86 &10A/86 1987 (Vol.3) IBR 491 · 47 DC Appeal No.7/86 1987 (Vol.3) IBR 496 · 48 DC Appeal No.7/81 1987 (Vol.4) IBR 735 · 49 DC Appeal No.12/86 1987 (Vol.4) IBR 745 · 50 BCI Tr. Case No.57/87 1987 (Vol.4) IBR 753 · 51 Any other recent opinion/decision of Disciplinary committee of BCI, selected and given by · concerned teacher