Advocates Act, 1961
Chapter V
CONDUCT OF ADVOCATES
35. Punishment of advocates for misconduct-
(1) Where on receipt of a complaint or otherwise a State Bar
Council has reason to believe that any advocate on its roll has been guilty of
professional or other misconduct, it shall refer the case for disposal of its
disciplinary committee.
(1A) [ (Note:- Sub-section (1-A) ins. by Act
60 of 1973, sec.24) The State Bar Council may, either of its own motion or
on application made to it by any person interested, withdraw a proceeding
pending before its disciplinary committee and direct the inquiry to be made by
any other disciplinary committee of that State Bar Council.]
(2) The disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council (Note:-
Certain words omitted by Act 60 of 1973, sec.24) shall fix a date for the
hearing of the case a notice thereof to be given to the advocate concerned and
to the Advocate General of the State.
(3) The disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council after
giving the advocate concerned and the Advocate -General an opportunity of being
heard, may make any of the following orders, namely-
a. Dismiss the complaint or, where the
proceedings were initiated at the instance of the State Bar Council, direct
that the proceedings be filed.
b. Reprimand the advocate
c. Suspend the advocate from practice for such
periods as it may deem fit.
d. Remove the name of the advocate from the
State roll of advocates
(4) Where an advocate is suspended from practice under clause
(c) of sub section (3) he shall, during the period of suspension, be debarred
from practicing in any court or before any authority or person in India.
(5) Where any notice is issued to the Advocate-General under
sub-section (2) the Advocate -General may appear before the disciplinary
committee of the State Bar Council either in person or through any advocate
appearing on his behalf.
[Explanation - (Note:- Ins. by Act 21 of 1964, sec.17)
In this section, [ (Note:- Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, sec.24) section 37
and section 38] the expression "Advocate-General" and
"Advocate-General of the State" shall, in relation to the Union
territory of Delhi, mean the Additional Solicitor General of India.]