A controversy has sparked with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa suspending the licence of lawyer Asim Sarode for three months, for his alleged ‘professional misconduct’ by making statements causing ‘distrust and disrespect’ towards the judiciary during his speech at a Shivsena (UBT) programme in Mumbai last year.

Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa’s Chairperson Vivekanand Ghatge and members Sangram Patil and P V Nelson Ranjan passed the judgment in this regard on August 12 this year, which was communicated to Sarode over two-and-a-half months later, on Monday.

The judgment was passed over a complaint filed by lawyer Rajesh Dabholkar. Besides suspending Sarode’s licence for three months from the date of receipt of the order, a fine of Rs 25,000 was also imposed on him.

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