CHAND MEHRA vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 16.07.2025 % Judgment delivered on: 21.08.2025 + LPA 431/2025 & CM APPL. 41457/2025 CHAND MEHRA .....Appellant Through: Appellant in person. Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Bhagvan Swarup Shukla, CGSC with Mr.Vinay Kumar, Adv for UoI. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, C.J. 1. The instant Letters Patent Appeal instituted under Clause X of Letters Patent seeks to take exception to the judgment and order dated 15.04.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C.) No. 4425/2025 whereby the writ petition challenging the orders dated 06.10.2023 and 11.11.2024 passed by the Bar Council of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the “BCD”) and Bar Council of India (hereinafter referred to as the “BCI”) respectively has been dismissed. LPA 431/2025 Page 1 of 5 Signature Not Verified Digiltally Signed By:SREERAM L Signing Date:21.08.2025 11:20:06 1.1. At this juncture itself, we may note that the order dated 06.10.2023 passed by the BCD dismissed the complaint filed by the appellant against respondent Nos. 3, 4, and 5, who are practicing lawyers, on the ground that the appellant in the complaint had failed to establish any professional relationship between himself and the respondents. The BCD, while passing the order dated 06.10.2023, further rejected the allegation that the respondents ought to have ascertained the facts with due diligence and only after verification could have contested the matter on behalf of their respective clients. The BCD further opined that the allegations in the complaint in the matter filed against the appellant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, are false or correct, i