Summarize the following court judgment. the matter of Mr. 'A ' an Advocate. The Advocate in person. H. N. Sanyal	 Additional Solicitor General of India and T. M. Sen	 for the Attorney General of India. September 25 and November 2. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by SINHA	 C. J. The Advocate proceeded against for professional misconduct was enrolled as an advocate of the Allahabad High Court in December 1958. In January 1961	 he was enrolled as an advocate of this Court. The proceedings against him were taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in O. IV A of the Supreme Court Rules. In March this year the Registrar of this Court received a letter	 marked 'Secret '	 from Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra	 in the Department of law & Judiciary	 to the effect that the "Advocate on Record" of the Supreme Court had addressed a post card	 dated January 1	 1961	 to the Minister of Law of the State of Maharashtra	 which "constitutes a gross case of advertisement and solicitation for work. " The original post card was enclosed with the letter	 with the request that the matter may be placed before the Chief Justice and the other Judges of the Supreme Court for such action as to their Lordships may seem fit and proper. The post card	 which was marked as exhibit A in the proceedings which followed	 is in these terms: Mr. 'A '. Advocate on Record. Supreme Court	 Office and Residence B.9	 Model Town	 Delhi 9. Dated 19 1 61. 290 Dear Sir	 Jai Hind. Your attention is drawn to the rule 20 of order IV of the Supreme Court Rules 1950 (as amended upto date) to appoint an Advocate on Record in the Supreme Court as according to this rule 'no advocate other than an advocate on Record shall appear and plead in any matter unless he is instructed by an Advocate on Record. ' You might have got an Advocate on Record in this court but I would like to place my services at your disposal if you so wish and agree. Hoping to be favoured. Thanks	 Yours sincerely	 Sd: 'A ' To The Minister of Law	 Government of Maharashtra	 Bombay. " When the matter was placed before the Chief Justice	 he directed the Registrar informally to enquire from the Advocate concerned whether the post card in question had been written by him and bore his rubber stamp and signature. The Registrar called him	 and in answer to his queries	 the Advocate admitted that the post card bore his rubber stamp and signature and that it bad in fact been dispatched by him. He also informed the Registrar that he had addressed similar post cards to other parties. The Advocate added that he did not realise that in addressing those post cards he was committing any wrong or breach of etiquette. The Chief Justice	 on receiving the aforesaid information	 placed the matter before a Committee of three Judges of this Court	 under r. 2	 O. IV A. The Committee considered the matter referred to it	 and 291 on receiving its opinion	 the Chief Justice constituted a Tribunal of three members of the Bar	 Shri Bishan Narain and Shri A. Ranganadham Chetty	 Senior Advocates	 and Shri I. N. Shroff	 Advocate	 with Shri Bishan Narain as its President	 for holding the necessary enquiry into the alleged conduct of the Advocate proceeded against. In reply to the notice served on the Advocate	 he chose to behave in a most irresponsible way by alleging that the complaint in question by the Government of Maharashtra "is false	 mala fide and misconceived". He denied that he had written the letter in question	 which he characterised as "the work of any miscreant". He added further that even if it were proved that the letter in question had been written by him	 a mere perusal of it would show that there was nothing unprofessional or otherwise objectionable in it	 and he added further that certainly it is not solicitation of work if one inquires from any person whether it requires or wishes and agrees to have the services of another advocate". The Advocate was examined as witness on his own behalf and the Tribunal put the post card to him. The following questions by the Tribunal and answers by the Advocate will show the determined way in which he denied what he had admitted to the Registrar. "Tribunal: This post card which has been brought to the notice of the court purports to be from you. Is this the post card which you have written ? Witness: No. Tribunal: Has it not gone from your office ? Witness: No. There is no doubt it bears the seal of my office	 but it has not been affixed by me. 292 Tribunal: You say it does bear your name and that the rubber stamp which appears is of your office but that it has not been affixed by you. Witness: Yes. Tribunal: Is the hand writing which one find on this Postcard your hand writing ? Witness: No. Tribunal: And the signature which is at the foot of the letter	 you say	 is not your signature. Witness: No	 it is not mine" The Tribunal pursued the matter further to find out as to how the post card had purported to emanate from his office	 and then certain documents	 marked Exs. B to E	 were brought on the record with a view to comparing his admitted hand writing in those documents with that of the post card in question. The Tribunal also made him write a letter in the very terms in which the postcard is written	 with a view to making a comparison of the handwriting on the post card with his admitted writing in identical terms	 given by him in Court. The Tribunal then confronted him with his admissions made to the Registrar	 as aforesaid	 before the proceedings started. The following questions and answers will further indicate his attitude; "Tribunal: In what respects do you find any difference between your normal signature and this signature (signature on the post card is shown to him). Witness: It appears to be like my signature	 but it is not my signature. Signature on exhibit A is not my signature. 293 Tribunal: In connection with this post card did you see the Registrar (Supreme Court) ? Witness: Yes	 he called me. Tribunal: When? Do you know the date ? Witness: I do not remember. Tribunal: Did you say anything to him ? Witness: I did not make any statement. He showed me the post card. I told him	 as I said here	 that I held not written it; somebody else might have written it. Tribunal: Did you admit before the Registrar that this letter was written by you ? Witness: I did not admit it	 but he told me that if I admitted it	 the matter might be hushed up. Tribunal: Did you say to the Registrar that you did not realise that in so doing you were doing any thing wrong ? Witness: No. I did not say anything. Tribunal: Do you want to produce any evidence ? Witness: No	 because I have not done anything; so	 I do not want to produce any evidence. Even if it is found that I have written the post card	 even then on merits	 there is nothing in this Case". Finding that the Advocate was adamant in his denial that he wrote the post card or that he had made any statement before the Registrar	 the Tribunal called the Registrar as a witness and examined him on solemn affirmation. The Registrar are his evidence and fully supported his previous 294 report that the Advocate had made those admissions before him. After recording the evidence	 oral and documentary	 the tribunal made the report that inspite of stout denial by the Advocate concerned	 the Tribunal was satisfied that the post card in question had been written by him. The Tribunal was also of opinion that the Advocate did not realise that in writing the post card he was committing a breach of professional etiquette and of professional ethics. It also remarked that it was unfortunate that the Advocate chose to deny the authorship of the post card. The findings of the Tribunal	 along with the evidence and record of the case	 have been placed before us. 'the Advocate	 on notice	 has appeared before us and we have heard him. Before us also the Advocate first took up the same attitude as he had adopted before the Tribunal	 but on being pressed by the Court to make a true statement as to whether he had written the post card and had admitted before the Registrar that he had done so	 he answered in the affirmative. It is clear beyond any shadow of doubt that the Advocate had addressed the letter aforesaid to the Government of Maharashtra	 soliciting their briefs; that he had admitted to the Registrar of` this Court that he had written the post card and other such post cards to other parties	 and that he did so in utter disregard of his position as an Advocate of this Court. It is equally clear that his denial of having written the post card	 and of having subsequently admitted it to the Registrar	 was again in utter disregard of truth. He has	 in this Court	 condemned himself as a liar and as one who is either ignorant of the elementary rules of professional ethics or has no regard for them. In our opinion	 the Advocate has mischosen his profession. Apparently he is a man of very weak moral fibre. If he is ignorant of the elementary 295 rules of professional. ethics	 he has demonstrated the inadequacy of his training and education befitting a member of the profession of law. If he M knew that it was highly improper to solicit a brief and even then wrote the post card in question	 he is a very unworthy member of the learned profession. In any view of the matter	 he does not appear to be possessed of a high moral calibre	 which is essential for a member of the legal profession. If anything	 by adopting the attitude of denial which has been demonstrated to he false in the course of the proceedings before the Tribunal	 he has not deserved well of the Court even in the matter of amount of punishment to be meted to him for his proved misconduct. In our opinion	 he fully deserves the punishment of suspension from practice for five years. This punishment will give him enough time and opportunity for deciding for himself	 after deep deliberation and introspection	 whether he is fit to continue to be a member of the legal profession. In our view he is not. Let him learn that a lawyer must never be a liar.

Mr. A	 an Advocate on Record of this Court	 wrote letters soliciting clients. One of such letters	 a post card was addressed to the Law Minister of Maharashtra and ended as follows	 "You might have got an Advocate on Record in this Court but I would like to place my services at your disposal is you so wish and agree". To the Registrar of this Court he admitted having written the post card	 but before the Tribunal stoutly denied having done so. The Tribunal found on evidence that the Advocate had written the post card. When the matter came up before the court	 the Advocate at first denied having written the post card but on being pressed by the court to make a true statement admitted that he had written the postcard and had admitted that before the Registrar. ^ Held	 that it is against the etiquette of the Bar and its professional ethics to solicit briefs from clients and an Advocate who does so must be guilty of grossly unprofessional conduct. There can be no doubt in the instant case that the Advocate concerned had written the post card soliciting briefs. It makes no difference whether he did so in ignorance of this elementary rule of the profession or in disregard of it	 since his conduct in court showed that he had no regard for truth and	 consequently	 he deserved no sympathy of the court and must be suspended.