2625 of 1997 This is an appeal against an order dated 5th October, 1996 passed by the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India on a companyplaint made by the third respondent against the appellant, a practising lawyer.
The Disciplinary Committee thereof found the appellant guilty of professional misconduct and suspended him from practice as an advocate for a period of three years companymencing 1st July, 1992.
The said Disciplinary Committee found that the appellant had misconducted himself within the meaning of Section 35 of he Advocates Act, 1961 and had acted in a manner unbecoming of a lawyer and his professional ethics.
The appellant was, therefore suspended from practice for a period of two years.
The companyplaint, by the third respondent, was originally filed before the Bar Council of Maharashtra.
The appellant carried the matter in appeal to the Bar Council of India, which, for technical reasons, set aside the order of the Maharashtra Disciplinary Committee and remanded the matter.
A period of one year having elapsed thereafter, by reason of Section 36B of the Advocates Act the matter came to be heard by the said Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India.
