The Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) has convened for tomorrow its general body meeting to discuss the issue and decide its future course of action, contending that the recent amendment of disciplinary rules providing for debarring unruly lawyers would adversely affect basic rights of advocates.
The MHAA president R C Paul Kanagaraj has said that the committee has decided to convene the general body as the members were of the view that the changes would adversely affect the basic rights of advocates and have serious implications on the profession.
Kanagaraj was referring to amendments to Section 14 A(vii) of the act which sought to debar advocates found to have accepted money in the name of a Judge or under the pretext of influencing him or her, committee members said it would pave the way for litigants making false allegations.
Kanagaraj has added that the main objective of the Supreme Court to make amendments and frame such rules to Advocates Act was only to regulate them and not to penalize them.
