The Allahabad High Court, comprising a bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Arun Kumar, has ruled that bank accounts of advocates cannot be entirely frozen over suspicious transactions or fees received from clients, clarifying that professional fees do not constitute the “proceeds of crime.” Dealing with the freezing of an advocate’s bank account by
Advocate’s Fee Cannot Be Treated as Proceeds of Crime Merely Because Client Is Accused: Allahabad High Court
