Frame Guidelines To Regulate Lawyers' Fee, Delhi HC Asks BCI [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

23 Feb 2019 12:41 PM IST

“While it may be true that litigants may not pay the agreed fees to lawyers, the same cannot justify conduct of taking blank cheques as security for fees and encashing the same without the permission of the client.”

Noticing that the Bar Council of India Rules do not lay down any guidelines for charging of fee by lawyers, the Delhi High Court has directed BCI to consider framing guidelines/rules prescribing the manner of charging professional fees by lawyers. Justice Prathiba M. Singh observed that conduct of a lawyer of taking blank cheques as security for fees from the client and encashing...

Frame Guidelines To Regulate Lawyers' Fee, Delhi HC Asks BCI [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

“While it may be true that litigants may not pay the agreed fees to lawyers, the same cannot justify conduct of taking blank cheques as security for fees and encashing the same without the permission of the client.”

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