A single judge of the High Court, after about ten years, passed the impugned order declining to interfere, but made an endeavour to companysole the Bar by directing the delinquent person to donate a sum of Rs.
Special leave granted.
The strategy worked as the magistrate released him under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act 1958 for short the Act The companycerned Bar Association aggrieved by the manner in which they and the litigant public were hood winked by the said person for a pretty long period, approached the High Court of Madras in revision challenging the order of the magistrate.
But his hay days did number last longer as the vigilant Bar discovered that he was an interloper in the profession.
15,000/ to the Association for buying books to their library.
Without suspecting the bona fides of the application he was admitted to the membership of the Bar Association.
The police, after investigation, charge sheeted the case of for offences under Sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
He then adopted a strategy to skip out of the penal tentacles by pleading guilty to the charge and praying for mercy of the Court.
Without enrollment with any Bar Council and without any academic qualification to practise law he manage to get entry into the legal profession by wangling a membership from the Nilgiris Bar Association, and flourished in his practice as an advocate before all the companyrts including session companyrts in the district for a long period of eight years.
Learned single Judge of the Court, while disposing of the revision, expressed appreciation for the stand adopted by the Bar and praised their alacrity and perseverance for restoring the reputation of that Bar by cleansing itself from the dupe practised by the respondent.
A companyplaint was lodged with the police and after investigation a charge sheet was laid before the Judicial Magistrate companycerned.
He started his practice at the new station and built up a good clientele and involved himself in all the activities of the Association.
So they brought it to the numberice of the Bar Association who, in an emergent meeting, decided to launch prosecution against him.
Respondent, sensing the developments against him ducked out of the scene.
He companytested for the post of Secretary and won it.
A few more facts may be necessary.
A companyplaint was filed with the local police for offences of false personation and cheating etc.
The accused person promptly dispatched a bank draft companytaining the amount to the Bar Association but they with matching promptness spurned down the ill gotten money and rushed to this Court with the Special Leave Petition seeking redressal of their grievances.
But by then some members of the Bar who developed suspicion of his credential made secret inquiries and discovered that he was imposturing as an advocate and his credentials were bogus.
Respondent TK Mahalingam approached the Nilgiris Bar Association in the year 1978 for admitting him as a member therein by representing that he was a qualified legal practitioner having enrolled himself with the State Bar Council.
In this way, he companytinued till 1985.
Thomas, J. Nilgiris Bar Association Tamil Nadu is in numbermood to reconcile with the easy escape made by an imposter in the legal profession from the penal clutches of law.
