JUDGMENT :

Pursuant to this Court's order of 11th January, 1994, directing public notice to issue to the Bar Associations and State Bar Councils all over the country in the nature of a notice under Order 1 Rule 8, Civil Procedure Code, certain bodies of the Bar filed their responses. Thereafter, the matter came up before this Court on different dates, lastly, on October 27, 1994 when this Court suggested that a meeting be called to consider the various suggestions made by the Bar Associations/State Bar Councils in their responses to this Court. Accordingly Shri Shankar Das acting as Convenor called a meeting on 20th November, 1994 at which besides the learned Attorney General, Mr. F.S. Nariman, President, Bar Association of India, Mr. K.K. Venugopal, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Mr. V.C. Misra, Chairman, Bar Council of India and Mr. H.D. Shourie, the Petitioner herein, were invited to attend. Mr. V.C. Misra and Mr. K.K. Venugopal were not able to attend for personal reasons. As per the discussions that took place at the meeting a consensus emerged to the effect that instead of the Court going into the wider question whether members of the legal profession can resort to