https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299036 The Bar Council could refer an advocate to the Disciplinary Committee only if it formed a bona fide, objective and reasonable belief on the material before it that professional misconduct was disclosed. On the stated facts, the advocate acted as a coordinator and agent in a family arrangement, not as counsel, and no advocate-client relationship arose from the transaction. The allegations about facilitating signatures and dealing with the settlement deed did not, on that material, make out a prima facie case of misconduct as an advocate. A bare recital that such a case existed was insufficient where the underlying facts did not rationally support it, so the reference was quashed. en-us Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:56:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299036 The Bar Council could refer an advocate to the Disciplinary Committee only if it formed a bona fide, objective and reasonable belief on the material before it that professional misconduct was disclosed. On the stated facts, the advocate acted as a coordinator and agent in a family arrangement, not as counsel, and no advocate-client relationship arose from the transaction. The allegations about facilitating signatures and dealing with the settlement deed did not, on that material, make out a prima facie case of misconduct as an advocate. A bare recital that such a case existed was insufficient where the underlying facts did not rationally support it, so the reference was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299036