
Plea for strict verification to weed out fake advocates
The Hindu
An advocate has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and police authorities to ensure that there is a strict verificatio
An advocate has moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and police authorities to ensure that there is a strict verification process in place to weed out fake advocates and maintain the dignity and decorum of the legal profession. A Division Bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and K. Murali Shankar ordered notice to the Bar Council and police authorities on the petition filed by S. Muthukumar of Madurai. The petitioner said the standard of the legal profession was deteriorating. If this went unchecked it would affect judicial institution. There was a need to frame proper guidelines to verify the antecedents of advocates, he said.
The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.












