Professional Ethics, Accountancy for Lawyers and Bar-Bench Relation (Paper IX)
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University · LL.B. Semester 2
Unit Part A (1) — Professional Ethics [30 units]
a. Meaning, the need for professional ethics, the importance of the legal profession, historical evolution in India · b. Enrolment of Advocates under The Advocates Act 1961, qualification, disqualification, rights and privileges, and duties of Advocates.
- 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
- Professional Ethics — Power of Bar Council of India, Meaning and Standards of professional conduct and etiquette
- Duties
Unit Part A (2) — Accountancy for Lawyers [15 units]
a. Meaning, kinds, the necessity of accountancy for lawyers, valuation of suits, court fees, Advocate fee, Advocate Welfare Fund fees, professional tax, service tax, etc. · b. Visits to the chamber of Advocate.
Unit Part A (3) — Bar Bench Relations [30 units]
a. Meaning and respective obligation of bar and bench, professional misconduct by lawyers, its kinds, contempt of court, its kinds, · b. 10 Selected opinions of Disciplinary Committee of Bar Council · c. 10 Major Judgment of Supreme Court on contempt of court · d. Visits to the Bar and Court Room
- Professional Misconduct
- Selected opinions of the Disciplinary Committee of Bar Councils and Major Judgments of the Supreme Court on the subject
- The Contempt Law and Practice — Articles 129 and 215 of the Constitution of India, Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
- Bar Bench relations — Role of the Bar to Strengthen Bar-Bench Relations
Unit Part B — Viva-Voce [25 units]
It shall be conducted at the end of the academic year on the whole syllabus