Will Issue Notice To Advocates Association For Resolving To Not Represent Sedition Accused, State Bar Council Tells Karnataka HC

The Karnataka State Bar Council on Tuesday informed the Karnataka High Court that it would issue a notice to a lawyers' body for issuing a resolution restricting its members from representing a student accused of sedition. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj, while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik K, orally observed "Is it...