M. NAGAPRASANNA
K. B. Naik, S/o. Sri Naik Bhimappa – Appellant
Versus
Bar Council of India, Rep. by Its Secretary – Respondent
ORDER :
The petitioner is before this Court calling in question order dated 26-09-2022 passed by the Bar Council of India in Revision Petition No.45 of 2022 directing suspension of the petitioner from practicing law in any Court in the country during the pendency of the revision petition.
2. Heard Sri P.P. Hegde, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner; Sri Shridhar Prabhu, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1; Sri A.R. Goutham, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2 and Sri Kethan Kumar, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.3.
3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts in brief, are as follows:-
The petitioner is an Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Karnataka and claims to have put in 28 years of practice. He further claims that he was a former Chairman of Karnataka State Bar Council and is a sitting Member of the said Council. One Sri Basavaraju Murugesh Jarali another practicing Advocate registers a complaint before the Karnataka State Bar Council alleging certain acts of misconduct said to have been committed by the petitioner making reference to certain legal proceedings. The legal proceedings were concerning O.S.No.14 of 2008 and Regular
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