Two days after thousands of advocates from across the State thronged the State capital and rallied against the newly-introduced amendments to the Statutory Rules of the Madras High Court, the Chairman of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Wednesday said that the Chief Justice had assured the Council that no action would be taken against any advocates under the new Rules till an amicable solution is arrived.
“We met the Chief Justice S. K. Kaul on Tuesday to discuss about the apprehension prevailing among the advocates against the latest amendments empowering judges to debar erring lawyers. He advised the Council to invite suggestions/ objections from all the lawyers' associations throughout the State and submit it to the Committee. The Chief Justice also promised that no action would be taken under the new Rules until an amicable solution is arrived. He also promised that the amendments would be reconsidered based on the suggestions,” Mr. Selvam said during a brief press meet in the Bar Council building.
Meanwhile, R. C. Paul Kanakaraj, president of Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA), who addressed the media after an emergency executive committee meeting of the association, said, “We have constituted a State-level committee which will meet at Tiruchi on June 11 to draft a memorandum of suggestions to the amendments, which will be presented to the Chief Justice for his consideration.” He further made it clear that the Tiruchi meeting was only to draft the memorandum and that the association had no plans to boycott courts or organise further protests.
