Representative body for lawyers in India
The Madras Bar Council or Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Tamilnadu and Union Territory of Puducherry.
It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act, 1961 and Bar Council of India.
In March 1953, S.
R.
Das as head of the 'All India Bar Committee', proposed the creation of the apex body as an All-India Bar Council and a Bar council at state levels and submitted a report to the Central Government of India.
Members of Bar Council are elected from among members enrolled and practicing as lawyers practicing law in the state of Tamilnadu and Union Territory of Puducherry and they represent the state in Bar Council of India meetings.
Bar Council of a place designs standards of professional conduct to be followed by members, and designs etiquettes and has the power to enforce disciplinary guidelines over the members of bar council.
Overview of the procedure of elections in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution, with power distributed between the state government and the districts.