K.MANOJ PANDI v. THE BAR COUNCIL OF TAMIL NADU AND PUDUCHERRY
WP/10484/2025 · 2025-07-07
M S Ramesh, V Lakshminarayanan
Transfer Petitionbody2025
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W.P.No.10484 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 07.07.2025
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN W.P.No.10484 of 2025 and W.M.P.Nos.11808 and 11809 of 2025 K.Manoj Pandi ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Represented by its Secretary High Court Campus Chennai 600 104 2.xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No.4/68, Kondasamy Iyer layout Ammankulam Coimbatore 641 045 ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writ of Certiorarifed Mandamus, to call for the records on the file of the 1st respondent relating to the order dated 10.12.2024 vide proceedings in CONFL.No.4262 of 2024 and mentioned as Notification No.16 of 2024 and quash the same. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
W.P.No.10484 of 2025 For Petitioner : Mr.T.Sai Krishnan For Respondents : Mr.C.K.Chandrasekar - R1 Standing Counsel
ORDER (Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, J.) Through an order dated 10.12.2024, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had passed an order of interim suspension of the registration of the petitioner in their rolls. The said order of interim suspension is under challenge in the present Writ Petition.
2. Today, when the writ petition was called, the learned standing counsel appearing for the State Bar Council submitted that the Disciplinary Committee had already concluded the proceedings against the petitioner and had imposed a final punishment of one year of suspension. He produced a copy of the final order bearing D.C.C.No.164 of 2024 dated 22.03.2025, in which the interim suspension period of six months was set off from the final punishment of one year of suspension. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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3. In view of the final order of punishment passed, the interim
order of suspension has merged with the final order and therefore, no interference can be done, unless the final order is set aside.
4. In this background, the Writ Petition stands closed with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the final order passed in D.C.C.No.164 of 2024 dated 22.03.2025. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.
[M.S.R, J.] [V.L.N, J.] 07.07.2025 kas Index:Yes/No Neutral Citation:Yes/No Speaking order/Non speaking order To The Secretary, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, High Court Campus, Chennai 600 104. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
W.P.No.10484 of 2025 M.S.RAMESH, J. AND V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J. kas W.P.No.10484 of 2025 and W.M.P.Nos.11808 and 11809 of 2025 07.07.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis