Advocate Harpreet Singh sues the members of a State Bar Council's enrolment committee for damages over…
Section 48 bars any suit or other legal proceeding against a Bar Council, its committees or "a member of a Bar Council or any committee thereof for any act in good faith…
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Advocate Harpreet Singh sues the members of a State Bar Council's enrolment committee for damages over a decision they took in good faith while carrying out the Advocates Act, 1961. What is the position under section 48 of the Act?
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Section 48 bars any suit or other legal proceeding against a Bar Council, its committees or "a member of a Bar Council or any committee thereof for any act in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of this Act". The protection covers individual members as well as the Council, and no sanction or choice of court can lift it.
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