Chartered accountant performing second Marriage-his name is liable to be removed from roll of chartered accountant
In view of the above, it is evident that moral turpitude means anything contrary to honesty, modesty or good morals. It means vileness and depravity. In fact, the conviction of a person in a crime involving moral turpitude impeaches his credibility as he has been found to have indulged in shameful, wicked and base activities.
19. From the above referred judgments and having regard to the fact that the appellant married another woman, while the first marriage was subsisting, and had acted contrary to the law and to his estranged wife.we are of the view that the offence of bigamy is coming within the meaning of moral turpitude
20. The conviction recorded against the appellant for bigamy stands even today though sentence was reduced to the period already undergone. Hence, the decision taken by the first respondent to remove the name of the appellant from the register maintained by the Chartered Accountants Council in its 284th meeting held on 13.2.2010, which was published in the official gazette dated 19.2.2010 communicated to the appellant on 16.4.2010, which was upheld by the learned single Judge is valid 1
Madras High Court
P. Mohanasundaram vs The President on 30 April, 2013
Citation; AIR 2013 Madras 221-https://www.lawweb.in/2013/12/chartered-accountant-performing-second.html
