“Legal Profession Tainted”: Supreme Court Condemns Barabanki Lawyers’ Toll Plaza Hooliganism and Attack on Advocate for Representing Accused

The Supreme Court has strongly criticized members of the Barabanki District Bar Association in Uttar Pradesh for violent acts at a toll plaza, following a dispute over an advocate allegedly refusing to pay toll. The Court also condemned the vandalism of the office of a lawyer who represented toll plaza employees arrested during the incident, urging the Bar Council of India to take disciplinary action. Bench and Context A bench…