Advocate Who Voluntarily Suspended Legal Practice for Govt Employment No Longer a Member of the Bar
Case: Saumya M.S. v. State of Kerala & Ors
Coram: Justice Alexander Thomas and Justice Viju Abraham
Case No.: OP(KAT) NO. 39 OF 2022
Court Observation: So the inevitable consequence of the statutory provisions is that the said person, who has initially secured enrollment with the State Bar Council and who later secured voluntary suspension of legal practice, consequent to taking up of employment, including public employment, will cease to have the right to be an Advocate or to practise as an Advocate, so long as the voluntary suspension is in force.
“So long as a person like the applicant does not have the legal right to practise as an Advocate in terms of Secs.30 and 33 of the Act, in view of the abovesaid aspects and the consequences flowing from the Act and the Rules, it cannot be said that such a person should be a member of the Bar.”
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