Madhya Pradesh HC Asks Bar Council To Stop Lawyers From Releasing Press Copies Of Petitions Beforehand [Read Order]

We find that litigants and counsels are indulging in giving publicity to writ petition filed by them by releasing press statement, the Bench said.The Madhya Pradesh High Court has come down heavily on a PIL petitioner and his counsel for indulging in publicity stunts by releasing copies of the writ petition to the press even before notices were issued or cognizance taken on their...