The Kerala high court has admitted a retired postal service official’s challenge to the Kerala bar council rules, reported the New Indian Express . The rules prescribe advocate enrolment fee in excess of that prescribed in the Advocates Act 1961, in case the advocates seeking enrolment have retired ...

The Kerala bar council is discussing plans to ban all lawyers from talking to the media about their own cases under the anti-advertising rule 36 of the Bar Council of India (BCI) Rules, which could be implemented after a meeting soon, reported the Deccan Chronicle . The rule states that advocates mu...

The Kerala bar council’s disciplinary committee has stayed an advocate’s professional misconduct suspension for two months after an appeal by the advocate, against whom the bar council handed down a one year suspension for “proved misconduct” of a very serious nature for cheating the complainants in...

The Kerala bar council has suspended a lawyer for “professional misconduct” after “indulging in business activities apart from being an advocate”.