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1THE AZAD KASHMIR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1948 1THE AZAD KASHMIR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1948. (The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879) 2[ACT NO. XVIII OF 1879] [Dated October 29, 1879] AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO LEGAL PRACTITIONERS CHAPTER‑III OF PLEADERS AND MUKHTARS 14[13 Suspension of Pleaders and Mukhatrs guilty of unprofessional conduct.‑----The High Court may also, after such inquiry as it thinks fit, suspend or dismiss any pleader or mukhtar holding a certificate as aforesaid‑ (a) who takes instructions in any case except from the party on whose behalf he is retained, or some person who is the recognized agent of such party within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure13 or some servant, relative or friend authorized by the party to give such instructions, or (b) who is guilty of fraudulent or grossly improper conduct in the discharge of his professional duty, or (c) who tenders, gives or consents to the retention, out of any fee paid or payable to him for his services, of any gratification for procuring or having procured the employment in any legal business of himself or any other pleader or mukhtar, or (d) who, directly or indirectly, procures or attempts to procure the employment of himself as such pleader or mukhtar through or by the intervention of, any person to whom any remuneration for obtaining such employment has been given by him, or agreed or promised to be so given, or (e) who accepts any employment in any legal business through a person who has been proclaimed as a tout under section 36, or (f) for any other reasonable cause.]