Amit Agarwal
A strange case emerged from Kerala of a lady named Cessy Xavier, 27, a native of Kuttanad practising in the Alappuzha court for the last two-and-a-half years without qualifying for the LL.B degree and enrolling with the State Bar Council.
Cessy claims to have enrolled with the Bar Council and is also a member of the Aleppey Bar Association since 2019. she also contested the Bar Association election this year and got elected as the Librarian.
On 15th July, the Bar Association received an anonymous letter alleging that Sessy Xavier had no LL.B degree and enrollment certificate. An inquiry held by the Bar Association found that Sessi had given the roll number of a practising advocate from Thiruvananthapuram.
She was served a notice to give an explanation within 24 hours, but she did not respond. Later she was subsequently expelled from the Association and a police complaint was filed by The Bar Association secretary, Mr. Abilash.
In the complaint, Association leaders said she took numerous rare documents from the library. Police registered a case under sections 417 and 419 of the IPC, which was non-bailable.
On Thursday, when she came to the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I in Alappuzha to surrender. She fled the place soon, reportedly after she realised that the police had slapped a non-bailable section against her.