Fancy enrolment celebration would cost lawyers licence to practise in TN, Puducherry

CHENNAI: Fancy celebration of enrolment ceremony by young lawyers would cost them their licence to practise as the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has passed an order prohibiting enrolment of such people, who are found to be erecting banners and hoardings in violation of rules, for six months.
The order comes a week after the council imposed Rs 10,000 each on 11 lawyers who violated the rule and placed huge banners around the Madras high court and bar council premises.

A committee of the council comprising senior advocate R Singaravelan and V Chandrasekharan passed the order on Monday. According to the order, Form-II of the enrolment application clearly prohibits a candidate for enrolment from affixing posters, playing drums or permitting others to play drums for their enrolment ceremony and bursting crackers. The candidate should not behave in any manner prejudicial to the dignity of the profession and public interest.

While so, after accepting and signing the Form and assuring to abide by the provisions of the Advocates Act, many are found to be flaunting the rules by placing banners and posters even on the premises of the bar council building, the committee added.

Making it clear that their intention was not to punish anyone whose mistake was not intentional and not against public interest but only to regulate derailed candidates and put them on right track, the committee in its order has advised the candidates to strictly adhere to the rules.