New Delhi, April 23 -- A recent incident in Delhi's Karkardooma Court has brought attention to professional misconduct by a lawyer, prompting the court to refer the matter to the Bar Council of Delhi and the Delhi High Court for assessment.

The court's decision follows a series of events during the hearing of a case related to the North East Delhi riots. The court noted that an advocate was appearing for two accused persons, mentioning himself as their counsel.

The lawyer, Anil Kumar Goswami, was found to have a different enrollment number than the one mentioned in the vakalatnama (authorisation) for the accused persons. Goswami initially claimed to be the counsel for the accused but later stated he was only a proxy counsel, raising sus...