PANDURANG DATTATREYA KHANDEKAR vs THE BAR COUNCIL OF MAHARASHTRA, BOMBAY & ORS.

The Supreme Court addressed the appeal under Section 38 of the Advocates Act, 1961, concerning the findings of the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council regarding professional misconduct. The Court held that it would not interfere with concurrent findings unless they were based on no evidence or mere conjecture. It established that professional misconduct requires a higher degree of proof than civil suits but less than criminal convictions, emphasizing the need for clear evidence of moral turpitude rather than mere negligence.