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Apex Court Pulls Up Lawyers for Shouting in Court

Team SoOLEGAL 8 Dec 2017 11:05am

Apex Court Pulls Up Lawyers for Shouting in Court

A Supreme Court bench was upset over the growing incidents of lawyers arguing in high profile cases such as the Babri Masjid title suit and the Delhi-Centre disputes.

Some recent incidents of senior lawyers trying to outshout each other and allegedly attempting to browbeat judges during high-profile hearings irked the Supreme Court, which said shouting will "not be tolerated at any cost".

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which was hearing a legal question whether a Parsi woman loses her religious identity after marrying a man of different religion, was upset over the growing incidents of senior lawyers arguing on a high pitch in cases like the Babri Masjid title suit and the Delhi-Centre disputes.

"What happened (in Delhi-Centre case) was atrocious and what happened a day before (in Ayodhya case) was more atrocious," the bench, which also comprised Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, said.

Day before yesterday, several senior lawyers including Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan and Dushyant Dave had made high- pitched arguments in the Ayodhya case seeking adjournment of the hearing till July 2019 and some of them had even threatened to walk out.

In the Delhi-Centre dispute hearing, Dhavan had yesterday made some submissions which was not appreciated by the bench.

"Come what may, shouting in the courtroom will not be tolerated at any cost," the CJI observed.

"Lawyers are traditionally called ministers of justice. [Source: PTI]

 



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