The proposed Bill aims to protect these professionals who are increasingly the target of assaults and intimidation and are prevented from discharging their professional duties.
It is mentioned that the suggestions received by the Bar Council of India shall be duly considered by the Council and the Council will consider the incorporation of necessary changes if any. "The final draft Bill shall be sent to Hon’ble Minister for Law & Justice to table the same before the Parliament".
The Petitioners have moved the Supreme court considering the amendment being introduced as section V and section V-A under Part VI of Chapter II of the Bar Council of India Rules as shocking in how tyrannical they are.
Any indecent or derogatory, defamatory or motivated, statements made in the Print, Electronic or Social Media against any Court or Judge or any member of Judiciary, by any Advocate shall be a ground for his/her suspension or disqualification, said the amended Bar Council of India rules.
After a long awaited moment, denial of several motions in the court of law, the Committee constituted by the Bar Council of India has drafted the “The Advocates (Protection) Bill, 2021.”
The Government of Rajasthan is to ensure the protection of Advocates of the State, and the council resolved to write to the Chief Minister in this regard.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Thursday put the ball in the court of Centers for Legal Education and Legal Universities, regarding the conducting of examinations for intermediate and final year students.
The Bar Council of India on Sunday unanimously accepted the decision passed by its sub-committee, which was constituted to resolve the issue between the High Court Bar Association, Punjab & Haryana and the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana.
The Bar Council of India (BCI), in its recently held meeting, refused to stay the May 7 order of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH). The BCPH had stayed the operation of a resolution of the High Court Bar Association, which had sought a transfer of the Chief Justice of the court.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Friday requested the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and other brother judges of the Supreme Court to pass appropriate order/ directions to alleviate the sufferings of advocates, judges, their staff, and families devastated by the second wave of Covid-19 across the country.