The Supreme Court of India, comprising a three-judge bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta, and Justice Vijay Bishnoi, has ruled that an advocate cannot breach client confidentiality or disclose privileged communications in the media, even if the client subsequently turns into an adversary. Upholding the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India’s
Advocate Cannot Disclose Privileged Communications Against Former Client Merely Because Client Has Become an Adversary: Supreme Court Upholds Suspension
