Judgment

DESAI, J. :- Though for all practical purposes, this appeal had become futile and inconsequential by sheer lapse of time, some life came to be infused into it because of a subsequent development which prompted the learned advocate to move this Court for hearing the appeal. The development and the event would be referred to at the relevant places in course of the judgment.

2. A disciplinary enquiry was initiated against appellant Narendra Singh, Advocate on the roll of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh on the complaint of Sh. Chhotey Singh and Shri Faqir Chand. Broadly stated, the allegation was that the appellant was annoyed with one Sh. Udaibir Singh Saxena, who was, at the relevant time, Assistant Registrar, Kanungo and actuated with a desire to implicate him in a criminal case, he forged an application by ante-dating it from 6th July, 1968 to 3rd July, 1968. The application was in connection with acquisition of Bhumidari rights. Presumably, this led to the filing of Civil Suit No. 478/68 by complainant Chottey Singh against Smt. Sarbati Devi wife of his real brother and his father Khazan for cancellation of a gift deed alleged to have been executed by Khazan in favour of S