Regulation 46 - Authorizing a representative to appear - CCI (General) Regulations, 2024

46. Authorizing a representative to appear. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 35 of the Act , in any proceeding, where the pleading is also signed by an authorized representative, the party shall append a letter or vakalatnama in the manner specified authorizing the representative to appear for him or her or it, as the case may be. (2) The authorized representative shall not be allowed to represent the party unless such authorization letter or vakalatnama is filed before the Secretary before commencement of the ordinary meeting: Provided that at any point of time, only one authorization letter or vakalatnama on behalf of each party shall be deemed to be valid which shall be collectively signed by all its legal representative(s) and filing of a new authorization letter or vakalatnama by any party shall be considered deemed revocation of the earlier one. (3) No misconduct on the part of any authorized representative, appearing for and on behalf of any party during continuance of a proceeding before the Commission as well as the Director General shall be permitted and the Commission in appropriate circumstances, for reasons to be recorded in writing, may pass necessary orders debarring the representative, guilty of misconduct, from appearing in the proceedings before the Commission and/ or the Director General in future or till such time as the Commission deems necessary. (4) In the event of the misconduct being committed by any counsel, the Secretary, if so directed by the Commission shall forward a complaint to this effect in writing to the Bar Council of the State of which the legal practitioner is member or the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or the Institute of Company Secretaries of India or the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, as the case may be. Explanation For the purpose of this regulation, word misconduct shall include causing prejudice to or interfering with or attempting to interfere with, the due process of any proceeding or obstructing or attempting to obstruct, the compliance or execution of any order or direction of the Commission, in any manner, or using defamatory language or behaving defiantly or attempting to undermine or undermining the prestige of any Member or Officer of the Commission in any manner whatsoever.