Bar Council of India, BCI, has suspended 15 advocates, including Secretary of Madurai Bar Association AK Ramasamy and its President P Dharmaraj. They are facing contempt proceedings for storming into courtrooms shouting slogans against judges and going on strike. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra sent intimation to this effect to Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Thursday. All 15 advocates have been directed to appear before the disciplinary committee formed by it on October 4 in the premises of Bar Council of Karnataka. It directed the committee to conclude proceedings within four weeks.
The order said the lawyers are suspended from practice and during the suspension period, they would be debarred from practice in any court or before any authority or person in India.