'Be Polite, Deal With Advocates/Clerks Patiently': Allahabad HC Directs Court Officials; Training Session To Be Conducted

The Registrar General of the Allahabad High Court has instructed all its officers to exhibit humble behaviour when interacting with advocates and their clerks, emphasizing patience and utmost regard.

Recognizing the generous role of the advocates in representing the marginalized, the Registrar General has asked its officials to maintain composure and polite etiquette. An office order in this regard was issued yesterday. 

"All the officers/officials of the various sections of this High Court are directed to observe the most humble and docile behaviour while dealing with the learned counsel and their clerks. Learned counsel are the generous class, sewing society by representing poor, marginalized and deprived people of the society. Therefore, they must be dealt with with patience and utmost regard. The sections must espouse the utmost composure while dealing with the learned counsel. AII officers/officials must deal with learned counsel, politely and their manner & etiquette must reflect appropriate humility," the notification states. 

The issuance of this office order is prompted by recent incidents where the registry received complaints about the alleged discourteous conduct of its officials.

Further, the Registrars and Joint Registrars have been asked to conduct briefing sessions to cultivate the right manner and etiquette among officers. The directive aims to prevent incidents leading to complaints about the rude behaviour of the registry officials toward HC advocates and clerks.

Additionally, a direction has also been issued that training sessions be undertaken by Registrar (J) (Criminal), Registrar (J) (Litigation) and Joint Registrar (J) (S&A), to sensitize the staff dealing with counsel, preferably on the third Saturday of February.