The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the appropriateness of one of the prematurely released convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case practising law.
A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said the law was known as a noble profession. The Bench asked whether the State Bar Council could permit the prematurely released convict to practise law.
“Can a licence to practise law be given after conviction?” Justice Bhuyan asked.
