Clinical Course - I (Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System)

Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University · LL.B. Semester 2 · TA2E

Unit I — Professional Ethics

Professional Ethics - meaning and nature - Professional misconduct - meaning and ambit - Organisation, powers and jurisdiction of State Bar Councils and Bar Council of India - Disciplinary Committee of state Bar Councils and Bar Council of India - Organisation, procedure and powers - Remedies against order of punishment.

Unit II — Bar Bench Relations

Contempt of Courts Act - Contempt of Court - Meaning and Nature - Categories of contempt of Court - Contempt Jurisdiction of the Subordinate Courts, High Courts and Supreme Court - Procedure -Punishment for contempt of Court - Remedies against Punishment. Selected opinions of the disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India on Professional Misconduct: 1. Jagadish Singh and others v. T. C. Sharma. 2. Babulal v. Subash Jain 3. Balswaroop soni v. Babulal soni 4. Indure Ltd v. Deo Raj Guptha. 5. Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department v. V. Balakrishnan. 6. A. Banumurthy v. Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh 7. Dr. D. V. P. Raja v. D. Jayabalan 8. G. M. Hirmani v. Ishwarappa. 9. N. S. (Appellant) v. N. V. (Respondent) 10. P. R. (Complainant) v. V. I. (Respondent) 11. Ashok Kumar Yadhav v. Bar Council of India (19/1/2015). 12. C.Ravichandran Iyer v. Justice A.M.Bhattarcharjee (Disciplinary Power of Bar Council-Conduct of a Judge). 13. Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India and others (17 th April 1998) 14. An Advocate v. Bar Council of India and another on 29 th September 1998. 15. D.P.Chadha v. Tiriyugi Narain Mishra and others December 2000 Selected Cases relating to Professional Misconduct and Contempt of Court: 1. Pawan Kumar Sharma v. Gurdial Singh (A.I.R. 1999 S.C. 98) 2. Mahabir Prasad Singh v. M/S Jacks Aviation Pvt. Ltd. (A.I.R. 1999 S.C. 287) 3. Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India (A.I.R. 1998 S.C. 1895) 4. P. D. Gupta v. Ramamurthy (A.I.R. 1998 S.C. 283) 5. Robtas Singh v. Commissioner Agra Division (A.I.R. 1997 S.C. 278) 6. Harish Chander Singh v. S. N. Tripathi (A.I.R. 1997 S.C. 879) 7. Hikmatali Khan v. Ishwar Prasad Aiyar (A.I.R 1997 S.C. 864) 8. Prahalad Saran Gupta v. Bar Council of India (A.I.R 1997 S.C. 1338) 9. Dr. Haniraj L. Chusani v. Bar Council of Maharastra (A.I.R 1996 S.C. 1708) 10. Inre Dr. D. C. Saxend and. U. Saxena v. Hon’ble Chief Justice of India (A.I.R. 1996 S.C. 2491). 11. Sambhu Ram Yadhav v. Hanuman Das Khatry (2001 16 SCC 165 ). 12. B.M.Verma v. Uttarkhand Regulatory Commission (Appeal No.156 of 2007). 13. R.K.Anand v. Registrar of Delhi High Court (2009 85 SCC 106). 14. Harish Uppal v. Union of India (2003 (1) ACC MR (SC) 1169). 15. J.S. Jadhav Mustafa v. Haji Mohammed Yusuf (AIR 1993 SC 1608). Accountancy For Lawyers: Accountancy for lawyers - Purpose of keeping accounts - Important aspects relating to accountancy - Legal requirements for maintaining books of accounts - Accounts of Professionals.