The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 24) imposed a cost of Rs 50,000/- on the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa for entertaining a frivolous complaint against an advocate.

The cost has to be paid to the advocate who faced the proceedings.

A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order while the appeal filed by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) challenging a Bombay High Court order that stayed disciplinary proceedings against an advocate.

The case arises out of a complaint filed before the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa alleging misconduct by the advocate in relation to settlement terms in a 1985 civil suit, in which the advocate represented the plaintiff.

The complainant claimed that he was defrauded by the Consent Terms dated July 1,

See Full Page