https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=433974 Advocates' dress code before the National Company Law Tribunal was governed by the Advocates Act, 1961 and the Bar Council of India Rules, under which gowns are optional except in the Supreme Court and High Courts. The Tribunal could not rely on the Companies Act, 2013, the NCLT Rules, 2016, or administrative provisions to override that statutory regime. Section 34 of the Advocates Act empowers only the High Court to frame practice conditions, and Rule 124 of the NCLT Rules separately requires authorised representatives to follow their own code of conduct. The impugned direction making gowns compulsory was therefore beyond jurisdiction, ultra vires, and set aside. en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:52:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=433974 Advocates' dress code before the National Company Law Tribunal was governed by the Advocates Act, 1961 and the Bar Council of India Rules, under which gowns are optional except in the Supreme Court and High Courts. The Tribunal could not rely on the Companies Act, 2013, the NCLT Rules, 2016, or administrative provisions to override that statutory regime. Section 34 of the Advocates Act empowers only the High Court to frame practice conditions, and Rule 124 of the NCLT Rules separately requires authorised representatives to follow their own code of conduct. The impugned direction making gowns compulsory was therefore beyond jurisdiction, ultra vires, and set aside. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=433974