The Bar Council of India, at it’s Council meeting scheduled to be held on 31st March, 2018 shall have the following in it’s agenda for discussion apart from other issues
“1. To consider the action of some of Advocates on the issue of motion of impeachment against the Judges of High Court/Supreme Court and to consider the report of sub-Committee on the issue whether the M.P./M.LAs should be allowed to practice?
2. To consider the recent order of Supreme Court on the issue of banning the Lawyers from going on strike?”
The issue as to whether the Advocates who are members of Parliament and who also have the authority to make laws, participate in proceedings of impeachment of High Court and Supreme Court Judges, should be allowed to practice in Courts, shall be discussed therein. The Council shall discuss the petition filed by Mr. A. K. Upadhyay in this regard.
The meeting will be held tomorrow in forenoon and thereafter the Council will hold a press conference at 2pm
The Bar Council of India would like to clarify that the news published by India Today at Indiatoday.in on March 30, 2018 with the subject heading “Bar Council to discuss Justice Chelameshwar’s letter to CJI flagging govt interference” is totally erroneous and incorrect news.
The Bar Council of India would like to clarify, as stated above that the same is not at all in the agenda to be discussed by the Bar Council of India in its General Council Meeting scheduled to be held on 31.03.2018.
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