Law: Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973

Section: 41(4)

  Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act (XXXV of 1973)--- ----S. 41(4)---Misconduct---Proceedings---Complaint against Advocate was not proved on record---Complainant's version that he had engaged counsel to initiate proceedings against persons who had attacked him. was proved to be false--Complainant was proved to have married three wives and dispute was turned out to be matrimonial one---Advocate's version was that complainant had engaged him for drafting divorce deed to his third wife and he had drafted and sent the sate at the address of the third wife of complainant---fee advanced by complainant to advocate was returned by the advocate---Complainant could not prove case of professional misconduct against advocate---Bar Council, however, found that advocate had acted unlike an advocate in the matter and had over-skipped his duties as an advocate in so far as his visit to third wife of complainant was concerned-Advocates enjoy high position in society and are expected to observe high standards and ethics of professional norms both inside as well as outside the Court---While dismissing complaint against advocate, he was warned to be careful in future in maintaining dignity and honour of legal profession and to discharge his duties in a manner as required by Code of Conduct of Advocates. Tahir Hussain Lughani, Asstt.A.-G., N.-W.F.P. for the Government. Petitioner in person. Nemo for Respondent. JUDGMENT Liaqat Ali complainant filed a complaint in the N.-W.F.P. Bar Council, Peshawar alleging therein, that the respondent Arshad Mehmood Lodhi, Advocate, Nowshera was engaged as counsel by him on 25-8-1992, as he was attacked by some of his relative and he, in order to save his life, came to Risalpur Cantt.; where his wife is a Headmistress in a school who happened to be a colleague of the respondent's wife, thus the complainant approached the respondent for legal help and redress of his grievances. The. complainant further alleged, that according to the respondent as the assailants belonged to Faisalabad and that the attack at the life of the complainant was made at Rawalpindi so, he has to file two complaints one at Rawalpindi and the other at…