HC notice to Bar council to prevent getting decree from courts with fabricated papers

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) and the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru, to prevent instances like obtaining of a decree rela

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to the Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) and the Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru, to prevent instances like obtaining of a decree related to a property by using fabricated records from the Court of Small Causes in Bengaluru city. The involvement of the members of the Bar and the notaries cannot be ruled out and the KSBC will have to be impleaded to take precautionary measures, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda observed after noticing from the status report of the probe submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Meanwhile, the Bench appointed advocate Shridhar Prabhu as amicus curiae to assist the court.