The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has quashed disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) against Advocate Rajiv Nareshchandra Narula. The bench, comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta , held that the prosecution of an advocate by an opposing party’s representative was “highly objectionable, totally impermissible, and absolutely uncalled for.” The Court established that ordinarily, a professional relationship between the complainant and the advocate is a precondition for invoking disciplinary jurisdiction for “professional misconduct” under the Advocates Act, 1961.

The Court quashed the complaint and imposed costs of ₹50,000 on the BCMG for entertaining what it termed a “frivolous complaint.”

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