Apex Court observed that there is an urgent need to review regulatory mechanism pertaining to the legal profession

The Apex Court observed that there is an urgent need to review the provisions of the Advocates Act dealing with regulatory mechanism for the legal profession. The Bench has requested the Law commission and Government of India to take appropriate steps in this regard. The Court also held that, what is permissible for this Court by virtue of statutory appellate power under Section 38 of the Advocates Act is also permissible to a High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution in appropriate cases on failure of the Bar Council to take action after its attention is invited to the misconduct.

Do lawyers come under the ambit of Consumer Protection Act? The 2009 case concerning this question came up for hearing yesterday in Supreme Court.

A Bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta heard the matter, which is a series of appeals by both parties involved in the original case. The case is an appeal against the decision of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (National Commission) which had held that services rendered by lawyers are covered under the Consumer Protection Act . . .