Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. The respondent is a pleader practising in the South Arcot District. He was one of the promoters of a limited liability company called the South Indian Rural Electric and Tramway Company, Limited, which was incorporated on the 31st October, 1935. The objects of the company included the distribution and supply of electric power in the Trichinopoly, Salem, and South Arcot Districts. He was appointed to act as a director of the company, and in an application to the Bar Council and in another application to the High Court, he described himself as a " promoting director." The Court has been given to understand that by this he meant he was one of the promoters of the company who became a director after its registration. It was agreed between him and the board of directors that he should receive a monthly allowance of Rs. 300 for his services to the company. He has been charged with professional misconduct in that he accepted a position on the board of directors without obtaining the permission of the High Court, On the 16th November, 1935, he wrote to the Secretary of the Bar Council setting out the position and asked the Councils permission to ac