The Legal Education - Law Commission of India

123Above this proviso, there is an ‘Explanation’ dealing with service under theState which states that the expression ‘State’ shall have the meaningassigned to it under Art. 12 of the Constitution.13.2 A few issues arise in connection with section 24A.It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that the provisobelow sec. 24A(1) is permitting a large number of persons who have beenconvicted or dismissed or removed from service on charges involvingmoral turpitude to enter the profession after the expiry of 2 years from thedates specified in the proviso. There is a request from the Bar Council ofIndia that such persons ought not to be allowed to enter the profession. It issaid that the profession requires high standards of ethics and morality to bemaintained and that those who have previous bad record should not beallowed at all to enter the profession. As a consequence, it is stated that theproviso should be deleted.13.3 The Commission is of the view that in the matter of legal ethics andmorality no relaxation is permissible. There is no guarantee that those whohave been convicted or whose services have been terminated on chargesinvolving moral turpitude, would cease to show similar tendencies justafter the expiry of two years of the date of release from prison or date ofdismissal or removal. The disqualification must therefore extend to the restof their life, and an absolute bar alone will be in the interests of preservingthe purity of the legal profession.