The Supreme Court docket Bar Affiliation (SCBA) has urged the Excessive Court docket of Meghalaya Bar Affiliation and the Shillong Bar Affiliation to rethink and withdraw their joint resolution in opposition to Meghalaya Advocate Normal Amit Kumar to expel him.
In a decision dated August 14, the SCBA stated it had taken observe of the joint decision reportedly handed by the 2 Meghalaya-based bar associations in opposition to Kumar. The SCBA stated the Advocate Normal’s assertion in Court docket relating to the security of ladies was made within the context of significant allegations raised by a girl regulation intern in opposition to a senior member of the Bar.
In response to the SCBA, Kumar’s remarks had been an acknowledgement of the necessity to guarantee secure and dignified areas for ladies attorneys and regulation interns and had been made throughout proceedings earlier than the Meghalaya Excessive Court docket, which was coping with the problem.
The SCBA additional famous that Kumar had knowledgeable the court docket about motion taken within the matter and had submitted that, whereas the security of members of the Bar should be protected, equal consideration should be given to the security and dignity of ladies advocates and regulation interns.
It stated that, notably as a result of the matter is already beneath judicial consideration, in search of motion in opposition to the Advocate Normal for submissions made throughout judicial proceedings was “unwarranted” and will worsen the dispute.
The SCBA has subsequently known as upon the involved bar associations to withdraw their joint decision and as an alternative work in the direction of an efficient and confidential mechanism by way of which ladies advocates and regulation interns can increase grievances with out worry and search acceptable redressal.
“The protection and dignity of each member of the authorized career should stay a collective accountability of the Bar,” the SCBA stated in its decision.
