38. Appeal to the Supreme Court.―Any person aggrieved by an order made by the disciplinary
committee of the Bar Council of India under section 36 or section 37 1[or the Attorney-General of India or the
Advocate-General of the State concerned, as the case may be,] may, within sixty days of the date on which the
order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court may pass such
order 1[(including an order varying the punishment awarded by the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council
of India)] thereon as it deems fit:
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[Provided that no order of the disciplinary committee of the Bar Council of India shall be varied by the
Supreme Court so as to prejudicially affect the person aggrieved without giving him a reasonable opportunity
of being heard.]Source footnotes
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