Lawyers Need To Be Disciplined, Can't Spoil Profession's Image: Supreme Court Affirms BCI's 7-Year Suspension Of Advocate

The Supreme Court on Monday (May 26) dismissed an appeal filed by an advocate challenging a disciplinary action taken by the Bar Council of India (BCI), which had suspended him from legal practice for seven years. The punishment was imposed after the lawyer drove his car into a hotel in Madurai owned by the complainant. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sanjay Kumar dismissed...