State Bar Council Cannot Continue Disciplinary Proceedings Against Lawyers After One Year Of Complaint: SC [Read Judgment]

Failing which the State Bar Council is obliged to transfer the inquiry to the Bar Council of India, the Bench said.The Supreme Court in Kumari Achal Saxena vs. Sudhir Yadav, has held that Disciplinary Committee of the State Bar Council cannot continue with the disciplinary inquiry against a lawyer after the expiry of one year from the receipt of the complaint and any order passed after it,...