Blaming the Bar leaders for not putting forth their views at meetings held in connection with the framing of rules, BCI chairman Mannan Kumar Mishra, however, said he was also opposed to certain rules framed by High Court.
If the advocates had any grievances, they could have written to the Bar Council, he said.
Referring to boycott of courts by lawyers in some districts against the new set of rules, he said he had instructed the State Bar Council to initiate tough action against the perpetrators of indiscipline in the bar.
While stating again that BCI was also opposed to certain rules, Mishra who spoke over phone from Delhi, said "You cannot punish without a show cause notice or an opportunity of being heard."
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The advocates associations had yesterday requested the CJ to interfere and withdraw the amendments. They protested the new set of disciplinary rules framed by the Court as per the Supreme Court verdict in the R K Anand case of 2009.
They alleged that there had been no transparent and fair consultation with the Bar across the state before framing such rules and demanded that the amended rules be withdrawn unconditionally as it put their profession in peril.
On May 25, the High Court had issued a notification making amendments to existing rules under the Act with a view to ensure peaceful conduct of court proceedings and suggesting disciplinary action against erring advocates.