Bar Council of India has become ineffective: SC

The Supreme Court today questioned the Bar Council of India for not taking action against erring lawyers, saying it has become "ineffective" and courts become victims because of such legal practitioners.
"Bar Council has become ineffective. No action is taken against erring lawyers and we have to suffer. We are actually the victim and lawyers are making money," a bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra said.
The bench made the remarks while refusing to hear anticipatory bail plea of a Mumbai-based businessman, who moved the apex court even after his lawyer had earlier withdrawn the petition.
The bench said that the petitioner can approach the Bar Council or Police and lodge complaint against the lawyer who had withdrawn the petition.

"Lawyers think that they are above law. We are facing such situation every day," the bench said.
"It is just anticipatory bail plea. Let him first surrender. Let the lawyer first appear before us," the bench said.
Bar Council of India is the regulating body for practising advocates and frames rules on their professional standards and legal education in the country.