‘I Do Not Get Your Professional Misconduct’: Supreme Court Questions Lawyer for Working As Journalist on the Side, Cites Bar Council Rules Against Engaging in Dual Roles
During the hearing, the top court agreed to issue notice on the appeal but also questioned how the appellant was working both as a practicing lawyer and a journalist. "I do not get your professional misconduct. You say you are a lawyer as well as a journalist. See the Bar Council of India rules about this." the court added.
The Supreme Court on Monday, July 29, questioned how a practicing lawyer who was also working as a journalist on the side when there were Bar Council rules against engaging in such dual roles. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih observed while hearing an appeal filed against an Allahabad High Court order that quashed criminal defamation proceedings against former parliamentarian Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. During the hearing, the top court agreed to issue notice on the appeal but also questioned how the appellant was working both as a practicing lawyer and a journalist. "I do not get your professional misconduct. You say you are a lawyer as well as a journalist. See the Bar Council of India rules about this. There is complete prohibition. I am not sure, when you say you are a journalist also," Justice Oka stated. Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Review of VVPAT-EVM Verification Verdict.
‘I Do Not Get Your Professional Misconduct’
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