The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTNP) has suspended from practice 19 advocates on different charges. They include P.R. Adikesavan who had prevented the police from executing a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) issued against him by the Madras High Court, insisted on examining a judge who issued the warrant and demanded recusal of another judge hearing a suo motu contempt proceeding against him.
Justices P.N. Prakash and A.A. Nakkiran had found the advocate guilty of contempt on March 25 and sentenced him to two weeks of imprisonment apart from imposing a fine of ₹2,000 with a default sentence of one more week of imprisonment. The judges prevented him from appearing before the High Court for one year and referred the matter to BCTNP secretary C. Raja Kumar for initiating appropriate action. Accordingly, the council resolved to prohibit the advocate from practising before any court, tribunal and other authorities until the disposal of the disciplinary proceedings against him.
