India, Aug. 29 -- Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Bar Council has asked the lawyers, who are engaged in other activities except pratising law, to surrender their licences within a month.
According to the bar council, some lawyers are engaged in other activities, including business activities and also hold office of profit after getting licences to practise law.
The bar council has asked these non-practising lawyers to surrender their licences within a month, failing which they will invite disciplinary action.
There are allegations that some law graduates are doing jobs in private companies and government entities and also getting engaged in business activities after securing licences to practise law. By doing this, they are violating the ...