JUDGMENT

1. This case has been initiated against Babu Manni Lal, a Mukhtar, practising in the Criminal Courts at Benares on a reference by the District Magistrate of Benares u/s 14 of the Legal Practitioners Act (XVIII of 1879). Notice was duly served upon Babu Manni Lal to show cause why he should not be either suspended or disbarred for misconduct in the discharge of his professional duties. A preliminary objection has been raised by Mr. Saila Nath Mukerji, the learned Advocate for the Mukhtar that the reference to this Court is not competent.

2. Certain enquiries appear to have been made in the Court of a Magistrate of the First Class as regards the conduct of the Mukhtar on the complaint of one Ambar Misra. He submitted a report to the District Magistrate and the latter officer has made this reference by his order dated the 14th of May, 1929. Certain provisions contained in Section 14 of the Legal Practitioners Act have escaped the notice of the learned District Magistrate. That section provides that "every report made to the High Court under this section shall...when made by a Magistrate subordinate to the Magistrate of the, District be made through the Magistrate of the Distric