Right to be Defended
Recently the Karnataka High Court observed that it is unethical and illegal for lawyers to pass resolutions against representing accused in court.
Supreme Court’s Stand
- The Supreme Court ruled that such resolutions are wholly illegal, against all traditions of the bar and against professional ethics.
- Every person however wicked, criminal, perverted or repulsive he may be regarded by society has a right to be defended in a court of law and correspondingly and it is the duty of the lawyer to defend him.
- It said such resolutions were against all norms of the Constitution, the statute and professional ethics, called these a ....
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