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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