BCI resolves to direct BCD to examine if Prashant Bhushan's tweets and contempt of Court Judgment may attract disciplinary proceedings

BCI resolves to direct BCD to examine if Prashant Bhushan's tweets and contempt of Court Judgment may attract disciplinary proceedings

The decision was taken following a meeting held on September 3. The BCI has opined that the matter requires consideration in light of Sections 24A and 35 of the Advocates' Act, 1961.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has opined that the tweets by Advocate Prashant Bhushan which had triggered criminal contempt proceedings as well as the judgment convicting Bhushan for contempt needs a thorough study and examination.

Pertinently, this would effectively be to discern whether the same would amount to professional misconduct meriting his disqualification from the Bar Council rolls. In this regard, the relevant provisions of the Advocates' Act, 1961 cited in the BCI's press release are Sections 24A and 35.

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