The Madras High Court today said no action would be initiated against advocates under the amended rules to Advocates Act till the deliberations of the newly constituted Judges Committee for receiving suggestions from various Bar Associations on the matter concluded.
The Registrar General of the High Court clarified this in the wake of the announcement by the Joint Action Committee of various bar associations to gherao the Madras High Court here, High Court bench in Madurai and subordinate courts on July 25 protesting the recently amended rules to Advocates Act.
"No action will be initiated under the amended rules to Advocates Act till the deliberations of the five Judges Committee constituted by the High Court for receiving suggestions from various Bar Association concludes", the Registrar General said in a press release here.
A meeting of the Full Court had on July 21 reiterated the assurance of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to the representatives of the Bar Council and the Bar Associations that pending examination of the amended rules of the Act that were notified on May 25, "no precipitate action will be taken" on advocates.
"No precipitate action means no action", the release said.
The amendments to existing rules under the Advocates Act were made with a view to ensuring peaceful conduct of court proceedings and suggesting disciplinary action to be taken against erring advocates.
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Meanwhile, six senior advocates of the High Court, appealed to the various bar associations to withdraw the boycott and not to go ahead with their plan to gherao the Madras High Court here, High Court bench in Madurai and subordinate courts on July 25 protesting recently amended rules to Advocates Act.
R. Krishnamoorthy, V T Gopalan, M Ravindran, M Venkatachalapathy, P Wilson and N L Rajh made the appeal following the Registrar General's clarification.
They urged the bar association representatives to take part in discussions of the committee to ensure that an amicable settlement is found to the problem.
