Suresh Chandra Found Guilty For Five Counts Of Professional Misconduct

Former Fijian Electoral Commission chairperson Suresh Chandra has been labelled as not a fit and proper person to engage in legal practice or operate a law firm by the Independent Legal Services Commission (ILSC).

Chandra, with two decades of legal experience, was charged by the Legal Practitioners Unit for six counts of professional mis­conduct for unreconciled money amounting to $2.139 million. ILSC Commissioner Justice Gi­han Kulatunga found Chandra liable for five out of the six professional misconduct charges.

He was a partner of MC Lawyers and the trustee of the MC Lawyers Trust Account no. 9101000000175 kept at Bank of Baroda, Suva branch.

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Story by: ashna.kumar@fijisun.com.fj