Section 37 Advocates Act: Appeal to the Bar Council of India

Section 37: Appeal to the Bar Council of India

(1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council made ¹[under section 35] ²[or the Advocate-General of the State] may, within sixty days of the date of the communication of the order to him, prefer an appeal to the Bar Council of India.

(2) Every such appeal shall be heard by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India which may pass such order ²[(including an order varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council)] thereon as it deems fit:

²[Provided that no order of the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council shall be varied by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India so as to prejudicially affect the person aggrieved without giving him reasonable opportunity of being heard.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by Act 21 of 1964, s. 18, for “under sub-section (3) of section 35” (w.e.f. 16-5-1964).
2.Ins. by Act 60 of 1973, s. 27 (w.e.f. 31-1-1974).

Questions on this section

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1. Under Section 39 of the Advocates Act, 1961, which provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 apply, so far as may be, to appeals under Sections 37 and 38 of the Advocates Act?