Advocates, including seniors, appearing in the Supreme Court during the ongoing summer vacation are at the receiving end with the vacation bench frequently pulling them up for their perceived misdemeanours and lack of etiquettes.
Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi was sternly told by the vacation bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and Deepak Verma that he cannot dictate the court as to what orders it has to pass.
Mr. Rohtagi evoked the court's ire when he insisted that the matter relating to the closure direction issued by the Delhi High Court to private nursing homes "has to be heard" by the apex court for staying the same.
"You cannot tell us that it has to be heard," Justice Katju retorted, and cautioned the counsel that he cannot quarrel with the bench.
The bench then went on to narrate an anecdote in which a person told his friend about the bravado of his father who fought with a tiger. When the friend asked him as to what happened to his father after the fight, the latter replied that he was gobbled up by the animal!.
"So if you fight with judge you will be gobbled up.
So, don't fight with a judge," the bench told Rohtagi who agreed and said "I humbly request your lordships!"Join LAWyersClubIndia's network for daily News Updates, Judgment Summaries, Articles, Forum Threads, Online Law Courses, and MUCH MORE!!"
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