Karnataka State Bar Council
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BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA RULES, 1975

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address, telephone number if any, and his address for service of notice if any Senior Advocate is entitled to appear with another Advocate who has filed a vakalatnama.
       (2) The Bar Councilor its Disciplinary Committee may at any stage of a proceeding appoint an Advocate to appear as Amicus Curiae. Such Advocate may be paid such fee as the councilor the Committee may decide.
       (3) Excepting when the Committee has otherwise directed, service on the Advocate shall be deemed to be sufficient service on the parties concerned, even if copies of the notices are in addition sent to the parties, whether the parties have or have not been served.
       (4) Unless otherwise indicated, where more than one Advocate appears for the same party, it is sufficient to serve the notice on any of them.
       7. (1) If in an enquiry on a complaint received, either the complainant or the respondent does not appear before the Disciplinary Committee in spite of service of notice, the Committee may proceed ex-parte or direct fresh notice to be served.
      (2) Any such orde" for proceeding ex-parte may be set aside on sufficient cause being shown, when an application is made supported by an affidavit, within 60 days of the passing of the ex-parte order.
      Explanation: The provisions of Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 shall apply to this sub-rule.
       8. (1) The Disciplinary Committee shall hear the Attorney General of the Additional Solicitor General of India or the Advocate General as the case may be or their Advocate, and parties or their Advocates, if they desire to be heard, and determine the matter on documents and affidavits unless it is of the opinion that it should be in the interest of justice to permit cross examination of the deponents of to take oral evidence, in which case the procedure for the trial of civil suits shall as far as possible be followed.
      (2) On every document admitted in evidence, the following endorsement shall be made which shall be signed by the Chairman or any member of the Committee: The Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of Exhibit No Date of Document Produced by Date Signature of .............
       (3) The exhibits shall be marked as follows:
           (a) Those of the complainant as C1, C2, etc.
           (b) Those of Respondents as R1, R2, etc.
           (c) Those of Disciplinary Committee as D1, D2, etc.
       (4) The Disciplinary Committee may at any stage direct the parties of their Advocates to furnish such further and better particulars as it considers necessary.
       9. (1) Evidence given before the Disciplinary Committee shall be recorded preferably in English by any member of the Committee or any other person authorised by the Committee. The evidence so recorded shall be signed by the Chairman, or if the Chairman is not there when the evidence is recorded, by any member of the Committee.
       (2) Whenever the record of a case decided by the State Bar Councilor its Disciplinary Committee in which evidence has been recorded in a language other than English is required to be sent to the Bar Council of India or its Disciplinary Committee, a translation there of in English made by a person nominated by the Committee Registrar certifying the same to be true copy shall also be sent.
       10. (1) Every Disciplinary Committee shall make a record of its day to day proceedings.
       (2) The Registrar of the Disciplinary Committee shall maintain a case diary setting out shortly in order of date, all relevant information concerning the date of filing, the

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