Ask State bar council to dispose complaints against advocates with a year: SC to BCI
The Hindu
The court said that having regard to the fact that 1246 complaints are pending before the BCI
The Supreme Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to issue directions to State bar councils to dispose of the complaints against lawyers received under Section 35 of the Advocates Act within a year.
The top court further directed BCI to dispose of the transferred complaints within a period of one year from the date of receipt of such complaints.
A bench comprising justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna said complaints should be transferred from the State to BCI only in exceptional cases with valid reasons.

With the objective of ensuring safe travel for women, senior citizens and visiting tourists in Madurai, a new women e-auto programme was launched here on Thursday. Speaking at the launch function, Venkatesan Dhattatreyan, Regional Director, Union Ministry of Tourism, said a city like Madurai, with high heritage value, had ample scope for womenfolk to make their livelihood with decent earnings.












