Bar Council Not Earning Members' Respect Not A Good Sign For Legal Profession: Justice BV Nagarathna

Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday stressed that the independence of the Bar was essential to a constitutional democracy and urged lawyers to guard it. She also called upon Bar Councils, whether at the Central or State level, to introspect on their role and importance in upholding professional ethics, morality and professional competence.“The Bar in India must re-think about its usefulness to the litigant public, its role in safeguarding our democracy and in upholding the majesty of courts of law and its indispensability in upholding justice and rule of law. The Bar Councils, whether the Central or the States, must introspect on their role and importance in upholding professional ethics, morality and professional competence.