JUDGMENT :

Ananda Sen, J.

Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

2. Learned counsel for the Bar Council prays for some time.

3. The prayer for adjournment made by the learned counsel for the Bar Council is rejected, mainly on the ground that the Bar Council has initiated an disciplinary enquiry in respect of a complaint made by respondent No. 3 against the petitioner, who is a practicing lawyer. The role of the Bar Council is limited. They should act as a neutral body and they cannot take side of any of the parties. Thus, they need not be heard on the merit of the case. The Bar council can only make submission if their jurisdiction is challenged.

4. By filing this petition, the petitioner, who is a practicing lawyer at Palamau at Daltonganj, has challenged the initiation and continuation of disciplinary enquiry being D.C. Enquiry No. 3/2023, initiated against the petitioner by Jharkhand State Bar Council vide notice dated 26.8.2023.

5. Counsel for the petitioner submits that admittedly the petitioner is a lawyer and he was conducting matrimonial cases and other cases representing the wife of respondent No. 3 against the respondent No. 3. Only to wreak vengeance and to preempt the pet