Delhi High Court Bar Association Deplores ED Summons To Arvind Datar

The Delhi High Court Bar Association deplored the attempt made by the officials of ED to issue summons to Senior Advice Arvind Datar with respect to the privileged communications between him and the advised.

“Such attempts not only undermine the independence of the profession but also seriously impinge the constitutional rights of being defended by a lawyer of one's choice and a fair trial”, the DHCBA said.

Earlier, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association as well as the Madras Bar Association had condemned the ED summons to Datar.

Last week, the Economic Times reported that the ED issued summons to Datar over his legal advice to Care Health Insurance on the ESOP(employee stock ownership) issued to former Religare Enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja. Later, the summons was reportedly withdrawn.