Disciplinary panel declines to revoke suspension of 10 lawyers

A disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry today declined to revoke or stay the suspension of 10 lawyers, saying it had no jurisdiction to decider the issue.
"If any order has been passed by the Bar council, the remedy for the aggrieved person is very much available before the Bar Council of India, and not before this committee," ruled the committee, comprising chairman R Arunachalam and members K K S Ramachandran and R Ajay Kumar.
"The duty cast on the disciplinary committee is to inquire and dispose of only the suo motu complaint initiated as per the resolutions passed by the Bar council, they said, adding arguments for stay of the order could not be accepted."

Tamil Nadu as on date has at least 44 lawyers serving suspension for alleged professional misconduct.
The first batch of 14 was suspended by the Bar Council of India for taking out anti-helmet rallies and allegedly abusing judges.Their cases and that of another batch of eight, suspended for a tiff with CISF personnel, are being heard by a disciplinary committee of Karnataka Bar Council, at Bengaluru.
In their present petition, this batch of suspended lawyers submitted that the September 16 agitation happened after lawyers were prevented from entering the court hall where the contempt cases were being heard.Their continued suspension had been adversely affecting their practice, they said, requesting stay of prohibitory orders.

Prohibitory orders were slapped on these lawyers on November 16, on charges of creating ruckus near a court hall hearing contempt cases against two Madurai-based Bar leaders, on September 16.