The Supreme Court has once again reiterated that ” a lawyer who appears for a victim or accused cannot be prevented by any Bar Association or group of lawyers, for it is the duty of a lawyer to appear in support of his client, once he accepts the brief. If a lawyer who is engaged, is obstructed from appearing in the court or if his client is deprived of being represented in the court when he is entitled to do so in a lawful manner, that affects the dispensation of justice and would amount to obstruction of access to justice and interference with the administration of justice. In fact, this Court has held that a Bar Association cannot pass a resolution that they would not defend an accused in any particular case. It is the duty of the Bar Association as a collective body and they cannot obstruct the process of law”.
The above position of law has been reiterated by the Supreme Court, when it registered a Suo Motto Writ upon knowing that some members of the Kathua District Court Bar Association, Jammu & Kashmir, are obstructing the lawyer who is appearing on behalf of the family of the victim.
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