law: Advocates Act, 1961
  9. Disciplinary Committees. -
  (1) A Bar Council shall constitute one or more disciplinary
  
  committees, each of which shall consist of three persons of whom two shall be a
  
  person co-opted by the Council from amongst its members and the other shall be
  
  a person co-opted by the Council from amongst advocates who possess the
  
  qualifications specified in the proviso to sub-section.
  (2) of Section 3 and who are not members of the Council, and the
  
  senior- most advocate amongst the members of a disciplinary committee shall be
  
  the Chairman thereof.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), any
  
  disciplinary committee constituted prior to the commencement of the Advocates
  
  (Amendment ) Act, 1964, (21 of 1964) may dispose of the proceeding pending
  
  before it as if this section had not been amended by the said Act.