Advocate Barred For 2 Years For Charging Client ₹80,000 As Fake Court Fee
The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) has suspended one Advocate from follow for a interval of two years since she charged a fraudulent court docket price of ₹80,000 from a consumer.
Advocate Ranjeeta Vengurlekar confronted the penalty. She was additionally directed to pay a value of Rs 25,000 to the consumer.
The criticism was filed by Abhijeet Jagannath Zadokar, who accused Vengurlekar of dishonest him by taking ₹80,000 in direction of court docket charges and producing a pretend receipt. He alleged that in complete he paid her round ₹1,50,000 for authorized companies and suffered a lack of practically ₹21 lakh on account of her conduct.
The three-member committee, comprising BCMG Chairman UP Warunjikar and members SD Desai and AA Garge, discovered that the complainant had produced WhatsApp chats exhibiting the demand of Rs 80,000 in direction of court docket price. The digital proof was accompanied by S.65B Proof Act certificates as effectively.
The committee discovered that prima facie, the Court docket Charge Stamp receipt of Rs 80,000 was bogus.
“Grievance is partly allowed…Sanad (license) of the Respondent is suspended for a interval of two years and value of Rs. 25,000/- is granted in favour of the Complainant and the Respondent is directed to pay the mentioned price inside a interval of 1 month from the date of receipt of this discover,” the committee ordered.
