Bar Council of India (BCI) has suspended 126 lawyers of Tamil Nadu and prohibited them from practising in any court or tribunal in the country pursuant to its warning that it will suspend those who indulge in boycott and other activities.
The BCI’s action comes in the wake of an announcement by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of various bar associations to stage a sit-in at Madras High Court, its Madurai bench and subordinate courts today, to protest against the recently amended rules to Advocates Act. The JAC had said that they will not allow anyone, even judges, to enter the court premises.