A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has set aside an order passed by a single judge in June this year, making certain adverse remarks against the Madras Bar Association (MBA), besides directing it to pay a compensation of ₹5 lakh to advocate ‘Elephant’ G. Rajendran.
The single judge’s order was subsequently stayed in July.
On Monday, November 6, 2023, a Second Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and K. Rajasekar allowed a writ appeal filed by MBA against the single judge’s verdict in which a question was raised as to whether the association, founded in 1865, was intended only for “an elite society of lawyers” and a direction was issued to admit members without discrimination.
