JUDGMENT - Gajendragadkar, J.

1. This is an application under our disciplinary jurisdiction against Mr. K.L. Gauba. It came to the notice of this Court that Mr. Gauba, who is an advocate of this Court, had entered Into an agreement with his client, one Amarnath Bhardwaj, which appeared to be champertous and this Court took the view that the circumstances under which the said agreement had been entered into and the terms of the agreement itself called for an investigation under the disciplinary jurisdiction, and so it was decided to refer this case to the Bar Council.

Accordingly, on May 1, 1953, the learned Chief Justice appointed three members of the Bar Council to constitute a Tribunal under S. 11 of the Bar Councils Act for inquiring into this case. Notice of the intended inquiry was served on Mr. Gauba in due course. He appeared before the Bar Council Tribunal, gave his explanation on July 10 and filed an additional statement on August 6, 1953. The matter was then heard by the Members of the Tribunal and they made the report on December 16, 1953. The Tribunal has held that the respondent had entered into an agreement with the client that he should be given half of the profits of

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