Lawyers Expected to Address Court with Deference, Judges also Should Refrain From Showing Needless Sensitivity On Counsel’s Utterances
Case: Sh. Pawan Kumar Kakaria V. Anil Kumar Rai & Anr
Coram: Justice C Hari Shankar
Case No.: CM(M) 1061/2022
Court Observation: “Courts should abjure from entering such remarks or exhibiting needless sensitivity about utterances by Counsel in Court. Often, in the heat of arguments, the language used by Counsel may not be most circumspect. The Court is expected to be alive and sensitive to this fact. A brotherly word of advice, across the Bar, is often all that is required on such occasions.,”
“It cannot be said … that, in expressing “shock and surprise” at the query posed by the learned ADJ, the learned Counsel conformed to the most appropriate standards of legal discourse. The apology tendered at the Bar is, therefore, accepted,”
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