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| By Parmod Kumar |
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Sunday, August 22, 2010 (15:13:17) |
| Tags : Supreme Court Lawyers, Kapadia, Supreme Court Litigants, Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Cleaning legal dirt |
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| New Delhi,Aug 22: The Supreme Court under the stewardship of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia appears set to make lawyers accountable for their actions.
The other day he took a serious view of a counsel, appearing for an online trading company, holding back certain critical facts about the case from the court. Obviously these facts did not favour the litigant company.
The chief justice said they - litigants and lawyers - should not be allowed to take the court for a ride. He said: "I had doubts at the outset; thus, I raised the query. This is very serious and shows the practices of the lawyers".
The lawyer, being the officer of the court, was duty bound to bring all the facts on record. The court said the time has come for it to take note of lawyers compromising on professional integrity.
In yet another case, the court of Justice G.S. Singhvi hauled up a lawyer for holding back some facts.(IANS) |
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