Section 36B — Disposal of disciplinary proceedings.

36B. Disposal of disciplinary proceedings.―(1) The disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council shall


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dispose of the complaint received by it under section 35 expeditiously and in each case the proceedings shall
be concluded within a period of one year from the date of the receipt of the complaint or the date of initiation
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of the proceedings at the instance of the State Bar Council, as the case may be, failing which such proceedings
shall stand transferred to the Bar Council of India which may dispose of the same as if it were a proceeding
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withdrawn for inquiry under sub-section (2) of section 36.
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     (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where on the commencement of the Advocates
(Amendment) Act, 1973 (60 of 1973), any proceedings in respect of any disciplinary matter against an
advocate is pending before the disciplinary committee of a State Bar Council, that disciplinary committee of
the State Bar Council shall dispose of the same within a period of six months from the date of such
commencement or within a period of one year from the date of the receipt of the complaint or, as the case may
be, the date of initiation of the proceedings at the instance of the State Bar Council, whichever is later, failing
which such proceedings shall stand transferred to the Bar Council of India for disposal under sub-section (1).]