Professional Ethics
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University · LL.B. Semester 4
Unit 1 — Development of legal profession in India
importance · pre-British era and after independence
Unit 2 — Professional ethics
meaning, nature and need · duties towards country, community, court, client, opponent, colleagues · advocacy
Unit 3 — The Advocates Act, 1961
admission and enrolment · senior advocates · disqualification · removal of names · rights of advocates · right of pre-audience
- 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
- Designation as Senior Counsel: Indira Jaising v/s SC of India (SC 2017)
- Introduction to Advocates Act, 1961
Unit 4 — Bar Councils
State Bar Council and Bar Council of India: constitution, powers and functions
Unit 5 — Professional or other misconduct
meaning and scope · disciplinary committees of State Bar Council and BCI · review and appeal
- 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 6 — Contempt of court
meaning and scope · civil and criminal · punishment · remedies · constitutional validity of Contempt of Courts Act · contempt by lawyers, judges, State and corporate bodies
Unit 7 — Bench-Bar relations
Unit 8 — Professional ethics and professional accounting system
accountancy for lawyers · case-study and viva