R. Muthukrishnan vs The Registrar General Of The High Court ... on 28 January, 2019
70. The debarment cannot be ordered by the High Court until and unless
advocate is prosecuted under the Contempt of Courts Act. It cannot be
resorted to by undertaking disciplinary proceedings as contemplated under
the Rules 14A to 14D as amended in 2016. That is a clear usurpation of
the power of the Bar Council and is wholly impermissible in view of the
decision of this Court in Supreme Court Bar Association vs. Union of India
(supra) that has been followed in all the subsequent decisions as already
discussed. There is no doubt about it that the incidents pointed out were
grim and stern action was required against the erring advocates as they
belied the entire nobility of the lawyer’s profession.