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District Bar Association Dehradun vs Ishwar Shandilya & Ors.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Date
20 April 2023
Case No.
M.A. No. 859 of 2020
Result
Disposed
Bench
M.R. Shah, Ahsanuddin Amanullah
Citation
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 508 : 2023 INSC 405
Supreme Court Reports [2023] 3 S.C.R. 508 : 2023 INSC 405
Headnote

Advocates/Bar Associations – Grievance Redressal Committees (GRC) – Constitution of – Held: No member of the Bar can go on strike and/or abstain himself from court working – If the member of the Bar has any genuine grievance or the difficulty being faced because of the procedural changes in filing/listing of the matters and/or any genuine grievance pertaining to misbehave of any member of the lower judiciary they can very well make a representation and it is appropriate that their genuine grievances are considered by some forum so that such strikes can be avoided and members of the Bar who might have genuine grievances like above may ventilate their grievances – Therefore, all the High Courts to constitute Grievance Redressal Committee in their respective High Courts which may be headed by the Chief Justice and such a grievance redressal committee be consisting of two other senior Judges, one each from service and one from the Bar to be nominated by the Chief Justice as well as the Advocate General, Chairman of the Bar Council of the State and President of the High Court Bar Association – High Court may also consider to constitute the similar Grievance Redressal Committee at the District Court level – Application disposed of.

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Full Judgment Text

The Order of the Court was passed by M. R. SHAH, J. 1. Present application has been preferred by the Bar Council of India for appropriate direction for constitution of Grievance Redressal Committees (GRC) for redressal of grievances of Advocates/Bar Associations at different levels as submitted in affidavit dated 15.09.2021 including directions to all the High Courts to constitute the suggested “Grievance Redressal Committees” for the States as well as Districts and Taluka courts within their respective territorial jurisdiction. 2. Shri Manan Kumar Mishra, learned Senior Advocate and Chairm
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