Madras High Court
WP/37942/2026 of S.BENO GLAD(P-IN-P) Vs The Secretary on 27 October 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 27.10.2026
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CHIEF JUSTICE
AND
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN
WP No. 37942 of 2026
CNR:{HCMA011901012026}
and
WMP No
s . 42600,
42603, 42604, 42605 and 42609
of 2026
S.Beno Glad
S/o.S.Selvanayagam,
No 21/122, New Market Street,
Choolaimedu, Chennai 600 094
Petitioner-in-person
Vs
1.The Secretary
Bar council of Tamilnadu &
Puducherry,
High Court Campus,
Chennai 600 104
2.D.B.R Prabhu
Standing Counsel for
Greater Chennai Corporation
Advocate Enrollment No.MS/2187/ 2005
No.15, Mahalakshmi Apartments
First Main Road, Gandhi Nagar,
Adyar, Chennai 600 020
3.J. Chandran Sundar Sashikumar
Advocate, Enrollment No.1118/2001
Office cum Residence,
No.2, Thiruvengadapuram Street,
Choolaimedu, Chennai 600 094
4.The Secretary
Bar Council of India,
21, Rouse Avenue Institutional Area,
Near Bal Bhawan, New Delhi 110 002
Respondents
PRAYER
: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the 1st respondent to retain and preserve all records connected with complaint No.447/
2025 dated 04.08.2025, refrain from transferring the disciplinary proceedings and connected records to the 4th respondent under Section 36B of the Advocates Act, 1961 notwithstanding the expiry of the one year period, and discharge its statutory duty by proceeding with and concluding on merits a time bound enquiry into the prima facie collusive professional misconduct and continuing hostile conduct of the 2nd and 3rd respondents affecting the petitioner and pass appropriate disciplinary orders against each in accordance with law, including removal of their names form the rolls of advocates if so warranted, together with exemplary and compensatory costs against them jointly and serially, without prejudice to any other proceedings concerning the 3rd respondent.
For Petitioner:
Mr.S.Beno Glad
Petitioner-in-person
For Respondents:
Mr.C.K.Chandrasekkar
for R1
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ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by G.Arul Murugan, J.) This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the first respondent to retain and preserve all records connected with Complaint No.447 of 2025, dated 4.8.2025, and Complaint No.388 of 2025, dated 18.7.2025.
2. Heard the petitioner appearing in person and learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent.
3. Learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent, responding to the averments made in the writ petition, submitted that the complaints submitted by the petitioner have been enquired into and the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has dropped the complaints on 16.10.2026.
4. Since the complaints lodged by the petitioner, which were taken on file as Complaint Nos.447 of 2025 and 388 of 2025 as against respondents 2 and 3, have been dropped by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the only remedy available to the petitioner is to file appropriate revision before the Bar Council of India under Section 48A of the Advocates Act, 1961, if so advised.
5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to file revision, if so advised, before the Bar Council of India. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. (SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI, CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J)
27.10.2026 Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No bbr To:
Bar council of Tamilnadu & Puducherry, High Court Campus, Chennai 600 104
2. The Secretary Bar Council of India, 21, Rouse Avenue Institutional Area, Near Bal Bhawan, New Delhi 110 002
THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN,
J.
bbr W.P.No.37942 of 2026
27.10.2026