In an unprecedented move the Additional Solicitor General (ASG), G. Rajagopalan on Monday sought the Madras High Court to pass a direction to the Bar Council of India (BCI), to dissolve the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry citing its inefficiency to take action against its erring members.
Mr. Rajagopalan made a mention to this regard before the First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam when the court commenced its proceeding on Monday morning. The ASG also wanted the court to declare illegal the boycott call made by the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) against the recent disciplinary proceedings initiated by BCI against 14 advocates of Madurai District Bar Association and the High Court's decision to cancel the licence granted to Madurai Bar Association to occupy the court premises.
Citing a news article carried in The Hindu dated September 28, the ASG said, “Five members of the State Bar Council has participated in the Trichy meeting organised on Sunday by Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Advocates Federation in which boycott call was given. I can name the five members from the picture carried in the news paper. The court should pass a direction to BCI to suspend all the five members who supported the boycott call.” However, the Bench refused to pass any directions on the motion moved by Mr. Rajagopalan.
