Legal Profession Guides — Enrolment, Ethics & Bar Council

Ask for the enrolment number and the State Bar Council that issued it, then verify with that council. A genuine advocate can produce the certificate; directory ratings prove nothing.

Yes. A complaint goes to the Bar Council of the state where the advocate is enrolled, with facts and documents. The council can reprimand, suspend or remove the advocate from the roll.

Yes, communications between advocate and client are privileged under the Indian Evidence Act and the Advocates Act, with narrow exceptions such as a future crime.