Allahabad High Court
ABHIJEET SRIVASTAVAversusTHE BAR COUNCIL OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The Court ordered the Bar Council of India to decide the petitioner's complaint within 60 days and disposed of the writ petition.
Summary
The petitioner, Abhijeet Srivastava, filed a writ petition after lodging a complaint against a practicing advocate with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, which was subsequently transferred to the Bar Council of India. The petitioner objected to the advocate's response and sought the Bar Council of India’s prompt adjudication of the complaint. The High Court, after noting the pendency of the matter before the Bar Council of India, directed the Council to decide the complaint within 60 days of the order. No substantive merits of the complaint were examined by the Court. Consequently, the petition was disposed of with the direction for expeditious disposal by the Bar Council of India.
Issues considered
- What direction, if any, should the High Court give to the Bar Council of India regarding the pending disciplinary complaint?
Subjects
- Bar Council of India
- Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh
- disciplinary complaint
- writ petition
- expeditious disposal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 9358 of 2026
Abhijeet Srivastava
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
The Bar Council Of Uttar Pradesh And 2 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manu Sharma
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Sai Girdhar
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J.
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH NANDAN, J.
1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, who had preferred
a complaint before the respondent no.1, Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh
against the respondent no.3 a practicing Advocate.A response has also
been filed by the Advocate, against which the petitioner has submitted his
objection. Thereafter, the matter was transferred by respondent No.1 to
respondent No. 2, i.e., the Bar Council of India, where it is presently
pending.
2. Under the circumstances, the petition is disposed of with a request to
Respondent No. 2 to decide the said complaint of the petitioner as
expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of 60 days from the
date of communication of this order.
3. With the above, the petition stands disposed of.
(Siddharth Nandan,J.) (Atul Sreedharan,J.)
March 19, 2026
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Digitally signed by :-
PIYUSH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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