alleryStart learning →Under Section 36B, a State Bar Council disciplinary committee must ordinarily dispose of a complaint under Section 35 within
AOne year of receipt
BSix months of receipt
CThree months of receipt
DTwo years of receipt
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. One year of receipt
1. Section 36B(1) sets a time-bound rule for disciplinary proceedings under Section 35.
2. Proceedings must ordinarily be concluded within one year of the date of receipt of the complaint.
3. On failure to conclude in that year, the proceedings stand transferred to the Bar Council of India.
4. The Bar Council of India then disposes of them as if withdrawn under Section 36(2).
_Source: The Advocates Act, 1961 (indiacode.nic.in), S. 36B(1)_
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