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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Advocate Act, 1961 Section 37

The Bar Council of India

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Advocate Act, 1961 Section 37 is part of Advocate Act, 1961 - The Bar Council of India. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(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 3[ including an order varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council ] thereon as it deems fit.

4[ 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. ]

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1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1964, section 18, for the words "under sub-section (3) of section 35".

2. Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 27.

3. Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 27.

4. Inserted by Act 60 of 1973, section 27.

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