( 1 ) THIS is an appeal against an order dated 5/10/1996 passed by the disciplinary Committee of the Bar council of India on a complaint made by the third respondent against the appellant, a practising lawyer. The said disciplinary Committee found that the appellant had misconduct himself within the meaning of Section 35 of the Advocates Act, 1961 and had acted in a manner unbecoming of a lawyer and his professional ethics. The appellant was, therefore, suspended from practice for a period of two years.

( 2 ) THE complaint by the third respondent was originally filed before the bar council of Maharashtra. The Disciplinary Committee thereof found the appellant guilty of professional misconduct and suspended him from practice as an advocate for a period of three years commencing 1/7/1992. The appellant carried the matter in appeal to the Bar council of India, which, for technical reasons, set aside the order of the Maharashtra Disciplinary committee and remanded the matter. A period of one year having elapsed thereafter, by reason of Section 36-B of the Advocates Act, the matter came to be heard by the said Disciplinary Committee of the Bar council of India. The evidence that had bee