A STUDY ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN LAW AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ADVOCATES IN INDIA
AUTHORS – T.V.VEERA ABINESH KUMAR* & S.MADHUMITHA**, STUDENTS AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES, (SIMATS), SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI.
BEST CITATION – T.V.VEERA ABINESH KUMAR & S.MADHUMITHA, A STUDY ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN LAW AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ADVOCATES IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (2) OF 2024, PG. 368-376, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
ABSTRACT
Professional ethics encompasses an ethical code governing the conduct of persons engaged in the practice of law as well as persons engaged in the legal sector. All members of the legal profession have a paramount duty to the court and towards the administration of justice. The legal professionals should conduct themselves with etiquettes and manners. Advocates Act, 1961 empowers the Bar Council to lay down certain rules of conduct. Advocate holds a duty to the court where he is accountable to his client. Accordingly, the set of rules that govern their professional conduct arise out of the duties that they owe to the court, the client, their opponents and other advocates. Section 35 of the Advocates Act deals with the provisions regarding formulation and functioning of the Disciplinary Committee under the State Bar Council. The objective of the study is to know about the professional ethics in law and its responsibility in India.The sample size was 200. Dependent variables are about the importance of professional ethics, responsibilities of an advocate, awareness of the rules of Bar Council, duties of an advocate and their punishments for professional misconduct of an advocate. Independent variables areAge, gender.Professional ethics can also be stated as the duties that have to be followed by an advocate during his profession. The responsibility of legal ethics is to maintain honor and dignity of the legal profession to ensure the spirit of friendly cooperation, honorable and fair dealing of the counsel with his clients as well as to secure the responsibilities of the lawyers towards the society.Keywords :- Professional Ethics, Etiquettes, Bar Council, Advocate and Legal Profession