The Constitution

of
The Calcutta Bar Library Club
and the Rules, 2015

PREAMBLE
WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE CALCUTTA BAR LIBRARY CLUB, having solemnly resolved at
the Extra-ordinary General Meeting held on the 30th day of January 2015, do HEREBY ADOPT
AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION and the RULES in supersession of the
Calcutta Bar Library Club Rules, 1975.

PART I

The Club and its Members

1. Name and membership of the Club –

(a) The name of the Club is and shall be The Calcutta Bar Library Club, and its office is and
shall ordinarily be situated in the Calcutta High Court Buildings.

(b) The Bar Library Club shall consist of: –

(i) Barristers of England or Ireland, or Members of the Faculty of Advocates in
Scotland, who are enrolled as Advocates of the Calcutta High Court; and
(ii) Other Advocates, who are enrolled with the Bar Council of India or the Bar
Council of any State and are entitled to practise in the Calcutta High Court, and
who shall only plead and not act in any Court or any Tribunal.

PART II

Aims and Objects

The Aims and Objects of the Club are: –

(i) to encourage the profession of law as such;

(ii) to promote and protect the rights, privileges, interest, prestige and welfare of the Club and
its Members and to promote cooperation amongst Advocates practising in the High Court
and other Courts in. India, including the Supreme Court of India;
(iii) to promote and maintain a high standard of professional conduct of the Members of the
Club;
(iv) to establish and maintain an adequate library for the use of the Members and to provide
other facilities and conveniences to them;
(v) to conduct and hold seminars, symposia, conferences and other meetings on issues and
topics of interest to the legal profession and to disseminate information in this behalf
including opinion on proposed legislation and other matters of interest and making
representation in respect thereof to the concerned authorities;
(vi) to take necessary steps to prevent and remedy any abuse of law or mal-administration of
justice;
(vii) to arrange for raising funds for legal aid and to do everything including application of
funds that may be necessary to that end;

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(viii) to take all measures including raising and applying funds for aid to deserving Members of
the Club and its employees;
(ix) to participate in all-India forums, conferences, seminars, etc., connected with the legal
profession; held anywhere in India and abroad; and
(x) to take all such measures as might be necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the
aforesaid objects;

PART III

The Executive
The President and Vice-President

1. The President of the Club. – There shall be a President of the Club.

2. Executive power of the President. – The executive power of the Club shall be vested in the
President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through office-bearers subordinate
to him in accordance with this Constitution and the Rules, and shall represent the Club and be
the spokesperson at every meeting or function in which the Club participates.

3. Term of Office of the President. – The President will hold office for a period of two years,
and may be re-appointed for a further term of two years.

4. The Vice-President of the Club. – There shall be a Vice-President of the Club.

5. Term of office of the Vice-President. – The Vice-President will hold office for a period of two
years, and may be re-appointed for a further term of two years.

6. The Vice-President to act as President or to discharge his functions during the casual
vacancies in the office, or during the absence, of President. –

(i) In the event of any vacancy in the office of the President by reason of death,
insolvency, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, the Vice-President shall act as
President until the date on which a new President assumes office.
(ii) When the President is unable to discharge his functions owing to absence or any other
cause, the Vice-President shall discharge his functions until the date on which the
President resumes his duties.
(iii) The Vice-President shall, during, and in respect of, the period while he is so acting as,
or discharging the functions of President, have all the powers of the President.

The Executive Committee

1. The Executive Committee of the Club. — There shall be a Committee to be called the
Executive Committee of the Club.

2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and three other members of the Club of whom at least one shall be a Senior Advocate.

3. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the control of the general body of Members in any
General Meeting of the Club, manage the affairs of the Club, and be custodian and in charge

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 of all the assets and properties, both movable and immovable, including the Bank Accounts of
the Club and the books and journals in the Library.

"Explanation: By way of abundant caution it is clarified that none of the office-bearers shall be
entitled or competent to singly or unilaterally perform any function or duty or represent the Club for
any purposes whatsoever without the concurrence or authority of the Executive Committee or the
general body of members of the Club."

4. The Executive Committee shall, amongst others, have the power to:

(a) appoint, suspend and dismiss any member of the staff upon proper enquiry;
(b) determine salary and other emoluments and regulate conditions of service of the staff; and
(c) cause the annual Budget to be prepared, invest and deal with funds, form sub-committees, e.g.
a Book Committee, to facilitate the proper functioning of the Club, and do all things as may
be necessary for the benefit of the Club, including framing of requisite by-laws and
regulations.

5. The President of the Club shall preside over all the meetings of the Executive Committee as
also all General Meetings of the Club. In case the President is absent, the Vice-President shall
preside over the meeting, and if the Vice-President cannot be present any Member selected by
the Members of the Executive Committee shall preside over the meeting.

Secretary and Treasurer

1. The Secretary — There shall be a Secretary of the Club.

2. The Secretary shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Club and, although a part of the
Executive Committee, shall act under the guidance, control and directions of the Executive
Committee.

3. The duties of the Secretary shall include buying as also over-seeing proper maintenance,
upkeep and/or replenishment of books* periodicals and journals in the Library, and
superintending the functioning of the librarians, clerks, servants and other members of the
staff of the Club.

4. The Secretary shall annually, and as soon after the first day of April as practicable, call a
General Meeting of the Club at which the Treasurer, and in his absence, the Committee shall
present an abstract and report of the accounts and concerns of the Club for the previous year.

5. The Treasurer — There shall be a Treasurer of the Club.

6. The Treasurer shall be responsible for overseeing collection of subscription from the
Members and ensuring that accounts are maintained and audited properly and there is no
mismanagement of the Club funds.

7. At the Annual General Meeting of the Club, the Treasurer shall present an abstract and report
of the accounts and concerns of the Club for the previous year.

8. When the Secretary is unable to discharge his functions owing to absence or any other cause,
the Treasurer shall discharge his functions until the date on which the Secretary resumes his
duties.

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 9. The Treasurer shall, during, and in respect of, the period while he is so acting as, or
discharging the functions of Secretary, have all the powers of the Secretary.

10. Bank Account – All Bank Accounts shall be operated jointly by the Secretary and the
Treasurer.

PART IV
Financial Year and Audit

The financial Year of the Club shall commence on 1st April each year and will end on 31st
March of the following year. The accounts of the Club shall be audited, and at every Annual General
Meeting the audited accounts of the previous year shall be placed for approval. The Accounts shall be
audited annually by an Auditor appointed in the Annual General Meeting of the Club and at a
remuneration fixed at such meeting.

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 THE RULES

Section I
MEMBERSHIP
1. Admission as Member –

(i) Any person eligible for membership of the Club may apply to the Secretary of the
Club in the prescribed form duly proposed by an Advocate who has been a Member
of the Club for not less than ten years and seconded by one other Member of at least
five years' standing.
(ii) On the application being checked, verified and found correct by the Secretary of the
Club, the name of the applicant shall be put up on the Notice Boards of the Club for a
period of at least ten days, after which the application shall be placed before the
Executive Committee for consideration at the next meeting. The Committee shall,
amongst other matters, consider the objections, if any, that might have been received
in the meanwhile to the enrolment of the applicant as a Member of the Club. The
Committee may thereafter at its discretion admit the applicant as a Probationary
Member of the Club.
(iii) Every newly-admitted Probationary Member shall pay an entrance fee of Rs 20,000/-,
along with the full annual subscription of Rs 3,000/-, failing which his membership
shall stand cancelled. After the expiry of one year from the date of admission, the
Probationary Member shall pay the subscription, either quarterly or annually as he
may find it convenient.
(iv) The newly enrolled member shall be on probation for twelve months, or for such
further time as the Committee may from time to time allow, during which period the
Probationary Member will be entitled to all amenities and facilities of the Club, but
will not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the Club or stand for any election in the
Club or take part in any proceedings of the Club.
(v) At the end of the twelve month probationary period, or such further time as the
Committee may allow, the Probationary Member shall apply for election as
Permanent Member.
(vi) No person other than a Probationary Member shall be eligible for election as a
Permanent Member.
(vii) If a Probationary Member fails to make the application for election as Permanent
Member within the twelve month period, or such further time as the Committee may
allow, or if he is not elected after such application, he shall cease to be a Probationary
Member.
(viii) ln the event of a Probationary Member being proposed for election as a Permanent
Member and rejected by ballot, his entrance-fee shall be refunded to him.
(ix) No member of the Club, Probationary or Permanent, shall act in any suit or
proceeding or appeal on the Original side or the Appellate side of the High Court at
Calcutta or in any other Court or Tribunal. Any violation of this Rule, if proved, will
entail expulsion of the offending Member.

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 Section II
ELECTION

2. Ballot — The election of all Members shall be by ballot, except when otherwise provided for.
No vote by proxy shall be allowed. Only Permanent Members shall be allowed to vote at such
election.

3. Mode of recording ballot — Each member voting at any ballot shall put his signature in a
book / register to be kept by the Secretary for that purpose, and drop a small ball of glass into
the ballot box, either in the "Yes" or "No" slot or section. In the event the number of
signatures and the number of balls in the ballot box do not tally, the ballot shall be on the
basis of the signatures.

4. One dissident ball shall be deemed to cancel out three balls cast in favour.

5. Duration of ballot — The ballot shall remain open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for six consecutive
days of a week, i.e. Monday to Saturday (both days inclusive), and no election shall be valid
unless one-half of the Permanent Members shall have voted.

6. Pending the counting of ballot, the key of the box shall remain with the Secretary.

7. The ballot box shall be opened by the Secretary in the presence of one or more Members of
the Committee. The result of the election will be declared by the Secretary after the votes are
duly counted. However, the number of dissident balls, if any, shall not be disclosed, save to
the Members of the Committee, if required.

8. No candidate, who has been rejected at any ballot, shall be again eligible for election before
twelve months.

9. Notice of election — Upon the admission or election of any candidate, the fact of such
admission or election shall be notified to him in writing by the Secretary, who shall furnish
him with a copy of the Constitution and Rules of the Club.

Section III
FEES AND SUBSCRIPTION

1. The entrance Fee shall, for the time being, be Rs 20,000/-.

2. Quarterly Subscription shall, for the time being, be Rs 750/-.

3. The abovementioned amounts are subject to revision from time to time at the discretion of the
Executive Committee.

4. In case a Member defaults in payment of subscription, a reminder shall be sent to him by the
Secretary. If the subscription remains unpaid even on the first day of ensuing quarter, the
Member in default shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Club.

5. Upon representation being made by the defaulting Member giving reasons for delay in paying
the subscription due, the Committee may allow such further time to the defaulting member to
make payment as the Committee may deem fit and proper.

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6. Any member of the Club, on ceasing to be a Member by reason of default in payment of
subscription, shall be eligible for re-election on payment of all arrears due up to the date on
which he ceased to be a member, but shall, if re-elected, not be entitled to the privileges of
Membership until he shall have paid in full subscriptions for the period between his ceasing to
be a Member and the date of payment.

7. Any person who has been a Permanent Member of the Club for a period of fifty years may, on
request being made by him in that regard, be exempted by the Executive Committee from
payment of further subscription.

8. On the first day of each quarter, a list, signed by the Secretary and Treasurer, of the names
defaulting Members and the amounts due from them by way of subscription, shall be put up
in the Bar Library.

Section IV
DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST A MEMBER

1. Expulsion, Suspension or censure of Members — It shall be lawful for the Club to expel,
suspend, or censure any of its Members, on the ground of misconduct or dishonourable
conduct or moral turpitude or misappropriation of funds or conviction by a court of law in any
criminal action, by a resolution of not less than three-fourths of the Permanent Members at a
Special Meeting called for the purpose and after due enquiry and opportunity being given to
such Member to be heard. If thought fit, the General Body of Permanent Members of the Club
may direct the Executive Committee to initiate a disciplinary proceeding against such
Member, and pending the outcome of the proceeding may suspend such Member.

2. Grievance Redressal Cell for Sexual Harassment — A Grievance Redressal Cell for dealing
with cases of sexual harassment reported against any member shall be constituted by the
President. Such Cell shall comprise, amongst others, of the three Senior-most lady members
of the Club. The members of the Cell shall, jointly or severally, look into the charges levelled
against the alleged offender, investigate, and submit a detailed report, or reports as the case
may be, to the Executive Committee, which should include, amongst others, the nature and
measure of punishment, if any, contemplated. The members of the Cell shall be empowered to
collect all possible evidence, and question not only the complainant(s) and the alleged
offender but also any person volunteering information in the matter. Based on the report(s) of
the members of the Cell, the Executive Committee shall take such action as may be
warranted.

Section V
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICE-BEARERS

1. The President and Vice-President, who must be Senior and respected Members of the Club
practising for not less than thirty five years, will be selected and appointed by the other
Members of the Executive Committee at least by a clear majority.

2. The Secretary, Treasurer and the three members of the Executive Committee shall be elected
by secret ballot from amongst the Permanent Members, and shall remain in offce for a period

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 of two years. The Secretary, Treasurer and the three members of the Executive Committee
shall again be eligible for re-election after a gap of not less than two years.

3. Permanent Members whose names are proposed for election to the posts of Secretary,
Treasurer and the three members of the Executive Committee shall be candidates for election
to such post(s). However, in each case prior approval of the proposed candidates has to be
obtained, and the names of the proposed candidates have to be given to the Secretary-in-
Office not less than fifteen days before the date fixed for election. The five Members
receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected. Only the Permanent
Members of the Club shall be entitled to exercise their franchise.

4. In the case of two or more members receiving the same number of votes, the President, and in
his absence the Vice-President, shall select the member or members by the drawing of lots
from amongst those who have received the same number of votes.

5. Canvassing in any form or manner by or on behalf of any Member who wishes to contest at
any election for the posts of Secretary or Treasurer or one of the three members of the
Executive Committee, if proved, shall be considered to be a serious disqualification, and the
incumbent Executive Committee may take such action against the member as it may deem fit
and proper, including debarring him from contesting in that particular election and the next
two elections.

Section VI
MEETINGS

1. In case of an Executive Committee meeting, three members of the Committee shall form a
quorum, while in the case of a Meeting of the General Body of Members, presence of one-
fourth of the Permanent Members shall be required to form a quorum.

2. Annual General Meeting – The Secretary, and in his absence the Treasurer, shall annually,
and as soon after the first day of April as practicable, call a General Meeting of the Club at
which, amongst others, the Treasurer shall present an abstract and report of the accounts and
the concerns of the Club for the previous year.

3. Special General Meeting – Any three Permanent Members may, at any time, by a notice in
writing to the Secretary, require him to call, and he shall thereupon call, a Special General
Meeting of the Club to consider such matter or matters as may be brought before it.

Provided that notice of such Special General Meeting shall be given at least 48 hours
before the day of such meeting, and shall specify the matters to be discussed.
In case of urgency, the Secretary may call a Special General Meeting on giving such
short notice and in such manner as he may think expedient in the circumstances.

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 Section VII
MISCELLANEOUS

1. No member shall at any meeting be allowed to vote by proxy.

2. No publicity shall be given to any private conversation, which may take place in the Bar
Library. Penalty for violation of this Rule shall be suspension and/or expulsion of the
offending Member(s).

3. In exercise of its power to appoint sub-committees, the Executive Committee may appoint a
three-member Book Committee from amongst the Permanent Members of the Club. Upon
being appointed, the Book Committee shall be responsible for the upkeep of the library and
shall suggest purchase, binding or repair, of books and periodicals, besides marking out the
books that are not to be taken out of the Library from the High Court Building without special
permission. The Book Committee shall also be empowered to take, with the concurrence of
the Executive Committee, such action as may be necessary, including imposition of fine or
recovery of the price of the damaged book or periodical, against any member who is found
guilty of defacing or damaging in any manner any book or periodical belonging to the Club.

4. The following Record-Books shall be kept:-

Catalogue
Cash Book
Ledger
Journal
Minute Book(s)
Letter Book
Receipt Book
Register of Books taken out of the High Court Building(s)
Register of Books taken within the High Court Building(s).

5. No provision of the Constitution or the Rules can be amended or altered except at a General
Body Meeting (Annual or Special), duly convened for that purpose, and by a two-third
majority of the Permanent Members present and voting. Such meeting shall be called by the
Secretary giving at least seven days' notice to the Members.

6. The Rules hitherto accepted and received by the Club shall be, and the same are hereby,
repealed.

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 CALCUTTA BAR LIBRARY CLUB

FEE RULES
PRELIMINARY

1. These Rules may be called "Calcutta Bar Library Club Fee Rules"

2. In these Rules unless there is anything repugnant to the context: –

(a) The expression "Attorney" shall include a "Briefing Advocate" and a "firm of Attorneys"
and a "Firm of Briefing Advocates" as well as his or their heirs, successors and assigns.
(b) The expression "Member" shall include his or her heirs, successors and assigns.

3. These Rules shall be applicable to all members of the Bar Library Club whether provisional
or permanent.

4. The Rules shall come into effect at once.

5. All Fees dues to Members under the Fee Rules, 1924 and Fee Rules, 1975 of the Calcutta Bar
shall be deemed to be due under these Rules, and all Rules made hereunder shall be
applicable to all such dues.

FEE COMMITTEE

6. There shall be a Committee to be called "Fee Committee of the Calcutta Bar Library Club"
consisting of five (5) members to be elected annually at a Special General Meeting convened
by the General Committee of the Club. The Junior-most member elected shall be and act as
the Secretary of the Fee Committee.

7. All permanent members of the Club, who are not defaulters in payment of their subscriptions,
shall be eligible to seek election to the Committee and shall be entitled to vote at the election
of Members of the Fee Committee.

8. Any member of the Fee Committee not attending three consecutive meetings of the Fee
Committee without leave of absence shall be deemed to have vacated his office and the
General Committee shall upon receipt of such intimation from the Secretary of the Fee
Committee fill in the vacancy of such member by appointing a member of the General
Committee.

9. The Fee Committee shall obtain such funds every year as it may need from the General
Committee by making a written request for the purpose.

10. The members of the Fee Committee shall hold their office until election of the next Fee
Committee.

11. Three members of the Fee Committee shall constitute a quorum and shall be entitled to
transact all business under these rules.

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FEES

12. All original fees shall be deemed to be due and payable on the delivery of the brief to a
member of the Club and all daily refreshers at the commencement of each day.

PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERY OF FEES

13. Any member whose fees remain unpaid to him from any Attorney for 1 week from the date of
delivery of Memorandum (in Form "A") to such Attorney requesting payment of such unpaid
fees, may give notice in writing to the Secretary, Fee Committee of the said act in Form "B".

14. On receipt of such notice (in Form "B") the Secretary, Fee Committee shall forthwith send a
notice in writing to such Attorney in Form "C" informing him the aggregate amount of fees
appearing from such memorandum (Form B) to be due from such Attorney to the said
member and that subject to provisions of Rules 17 and 18 hereof the said Attorney will be
considered a defaulter and be posted as such in all the rooms of Bar Library Club unless the
said aggregated amount of fees be paid by him to the said member within a fortnight from the
date of such notice (Form C), and the fact of such payment is notified in writing to the
Secretary, Fee Committee, Calcutta Bar Library Club, High Court, Calcutta by the member
concerned.

15. All disputes regarding fees claimed from any Attorney shall be examined into by the Fee
Committee, who shall determine whether such fees or any and which of them are due and
payable or not or whether any extension of time for payment thereof should be allowed for
any cogent or bona fide reason.

16. Unless an application is made by the defaulting attorney to the Fee Committee for extension
of time as mentioned in Rule 17 hereof and unless such extension is granted, the Secretary of
the Fee Committee shall on the expiry of a fortnight from the date of delivery of notice in
Form "C" to the defaulting Attorney or on expiry of the extended date promptly cause to be
posted in all the rooms of the Club and prominently displayed the name of such Attorney as a
defaulter in the notice Board specified for the purpose.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

17. After the name of an Attorney has been posted and displayed as a defaulter under the last
preceding Rule, no member of the Club shall accept any brief from such defaulter Attorney
under any circumstances on and from the date of such display nor shall any member of the
Club attend to or do any legal business or matter of such defaulter Attorney on any existing
briefs. All briefs held by the Members of the Club, excepting briefs in continuing and part
heard matters, shall be returned to such defaulter Attorney forthwith and in any case not later
than 7 days from the date of such posting or within such time as the Fee Committee may
direct, With the leave of the Hon’ble Court, Members shall be at liberty to return the briefs in
any continuing and part heard matter as well.

18. No Attorney whose name has been posted as a defaulter shall be allowed to enter in any room
of the Club either personally or by employees, servants or agents so long the name of the such
Attorney remains so posted.

19. Any member of the club who accepts a brief from a defaulter Attorney or fails to return to
such defaulter Attorney any brief held by him, excepting briefs in a continuing and part-heard

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 matter, or renders any professional services to such Attorney as hereinbefore stated, shall be
liable to disciplinary action by the Fee Committee which may even result in expulsion of such
member from the Club. The decision of the Fee Committee, however, shall be subject to
confirmation by a Resolution of not less than three fourth of the permanent members of the
Club residing in Calcutta or the neighbourhood at a Special General Meeting called for the
purpose.

20. As soon as the name of any Attorney has been posted as a defaulter under Rule 18 hereof, all
Members of the Club, to whom any fees are due from such Attorney, shall send a list of such
fees to the Fee Committee who shall thereupon give notice thereof to the defaulter Attorney in
From "C", and the name of such defaulter Attorney shall remain so posted until all such fees
also shall have been paid by such defaulter Attorney and the intimation thereof is given to the
Fee Committee by the member(s) concerned.

21. Only upon payment of all such fees, the name of such defaulter Attorney shall be withdrawn
from the list of defaulters.

22. No member of the Club shall sign a brief unless he has received in full his fees marked on
such brief.

MISCELLANEOUS

23. No member of the Club shall under any circumstances agree with an Attorney to postpone
payment of his fee but any member may not charge any fees due to the said member,
provided he writes on the brief "fees not charged" and signs the same in token thereof.

24. Any member of the Club who

(a) Signs a brief without having received in full the fee marked therein, or
(b) Tenders or gives or consent to the retention, out of any fee paid, or payable to him of any
Commission or other gratification either in cash or in kind, directly or indirectly, for
procuring or having procured his employment as an Advocate in any legal business,
Or
(c) Enters into any unprofessional bargain or arrangement with any Attorney or other person
with reference to his fees, or
(d) Is guilty of any unbecoming or unprofessional conduct regarding fees, shall be liable to
disciplinary action by the Fee Committee. Before any such disciplinary action including
expulsion of such member is taken, such member shall be given hearing by the Fee
Committee.

25. Subject to the provisions of Rule 21 hereof any member who has been expelled under these
Rules shall automatically cease to be a member of the Club, and the General Committee shall
intimate the said fact to the Bar Council of West Bengal and the Bar Council of India.

26. Every member of the Club shall be entitled to copies of these Rules on payment of such sum
for each copy as the Committee may determine from time to time. A Copy of these Rules
shall be sent to the Incorporated Law Society, High Court, Calcutta and the Bar Council of
West Bengal for circulation among their members.

27. The memorandum and notices required by the above Rules shall be in the respective forms
contained in the Schedule hereto.

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AMENDMENT

28. These rules maybe amended only ina Special General Meeting of the Club and after two third
of the members present having voted in favour of such Amendment.

REPEAL

29. All the Fee Rules of the Calcutta Bar Library Club, i.e. of 1924 and 1975 and all Resolutions
passed prior hereto relating to fees are hereby repealed.

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 Schedule

FORM "A"

Member to Attorney / Briefing Advocate,

Calcutta.
Dated.......

To
‘………….’

Dear Sir,
In compliance with the provision of Rule 15 of the Calcutta Bar Library Club Fee Rules, I enclose
herewith a statement showing unpaid fees due from you to me, aggregating the sum of Rs...

I shall be obliged if you pay the same within a week from the date hereof.
Memorandum
Date of
Delivery of Brief
Name of the case
Nature of Brief
Amount of fees GMs... ., i.e. Rs....

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 FORM "B"

From: Member to the Fee Committee, Calcutta Bar Library Club

Dated...

To
The Secretary, Fee Committee, Calcutta Bar Library Club, High Court, Calcutta.

Dear Sir,
I beg to inform you that the following fees are due to me from the undermentioned
Attorney/Briefing Advocate.

In compliance with Rule 15 of the Calcutta Bar Library Club Fee Rules, I have duly sent to the
said Attorney/Briefing Advocate a memorandum of the fees so remaining unpaid to me in the
prescribed form. A copy of the said Form "A" is enclosed herewith. Please take necessary action
to recover the said fees from the said Attorney / Briefing Advocate under the relevant Rules.

Yours faithfully,
Name of the Attorney:
Total Amount Due: ... GMs, i.e., Rs.
Enclosure: As above.

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 FORM "C"

Notice to Attorney by the Fee Committee.

Calcutta Bar Library Club

Date
To...

Dear Sir,
I am directed by the Fee Committee to inform you that unless the aggregate amount of Rs.... due
to Mr/ Ms .. ., a member of this Club under his / her Memo(s) dated . is paid by you within a
fortnight from the date hereof subject to the provisions of Rule 18 of the Rules your name may be
considered for posting in all the rooms of the Bar Library Club as a defaulter and the provisions of
the Rules of the Fee Committee may thereupon be enforced against you without further notice.

Yours faithfully,

Hony. Secretary
Fee Committee,
Calcutta Bar Library Club

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