Gautam Buddha University

SCHOOL OF LAW, JUSTICE & GOVERNANCE

Course Information

Course Title: Clinic III (Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System)
Course Code: LB 502
Course Duration: 18 weeks
Course Credits: 04
Medium of Instruction: English

Course Aim(s)
Lawyer is a profession but lawyers are officers of the court. Advocates are therefore required to
observe the ethics of their profession. The course aims to enhance knowledge about the regulations
established by the Bar Council of India regarding the professional conduct of lawyers in India. It
contains an outline of the Advocates Act, 1961, including the most recent rulings from the Supreme
Court and different High Courts.

Course Syllabus

1. The Legal Profession in India: A Historical Perspective and Present Regulations

2. The Indian Advocates Act, 1961: Salient Features of the Act, Admission and Enrolment of
Advocates, Disciplinary Actions, Conduct of Advocates

3. Professional Ethics and Duties of Lawyers: Duties of lawyers towards his clients, Court
including Bar and Bench relationship, Public.

4. The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971: Civil Contempt, Criminal Contempt, Punishment for
Contempt, Defenses against Contempt.

5. The Bar council Code of Legal Ethics, Fifty (50) selected opinions of the disciplinary
Committees of Bar Councils

6. Prahlad Saran Gupta v. Bar Council of India AIR 1997 SC 1338

7. R. D. Saxena v. Balram Prasad Sharma (2000) 7SCC 264

8. O.P. Sharma & Ors. v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana (2011) 6 SCC 86

9. Narain Pandey v. Pannalal Pandey (2013) 11 SCC 435

10. In Re: Hon’ble Justice C S Karnan, AIR 2017 SC 3191

11. Bar Council of India v. A K Balaji and Ors, (2018) 5 SCC 379

12. In Re: Prashant Bhushan and another SCM (CRL.) No. 000001 -/ 2020

Recommended Readings
1. Stephen Gillers, Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law & Ethics, Little, Brown & Com
Boston Toronto, London. (12th Edition, 2020)
2. Raju Ramachandran, Professional Ethics: Changing Profession and Changing Ethics,
LexisNexis, Butterworths. (2nd Edition, 2014)
3. N. R. Madhava Menon, Clinical Legal Education (New Delhi: Eastern Book
Company, 2011).
4. K. Kerrigan and V. Murray, eds., A Student Guide to Clinical Legal Education and
Pro Bono (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
5. P. Ramanatha Aiyer, Legal & Professional Ethics- Legal Ethics, Duties & Privileges of a
Lawyer, Wadhwa Publications, Nagpur. (3rd Edition, 2010)

Course Requirements
Students are encouraged to read the readings and participate in the class discussion. Evaluation is
based on student performance evaluated in examinations and other notified methods of
assessment upon fulfillment of the attendance requirement. Accordingly, there will be a 15 marks'
continuous class assessment through written test, project work, moot court and/or simulation
exercise, a 25 marks' mid-term examination, and a 60 marks' end-term examination.