Supreme Court Advises Young Lawyers : Don't Come To Court If You Aren't Fully Prepared With The Matter
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India took serious exception to young lawyers coming to Court without sufficiently preparing for cases."We are noticing the younger members of the Bar. They will do everything else, except coming prepared. Don't come to the Court if you are not prepared with the matter. You are supposed to be fully prepared, whether your senior is prepared or not", a Bench...
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India took serious exception to young lawyers coming to Court without sufficiently preparing for cases.
"We are noticing the younger members of the Bar. They will do everything else, except coming prepared. Don't come to the Court if you are not prepared with the matter. You are supposed to be fully prepared, whether your senior is prepared or not", a Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy advised.
The bench was prompted to make these observations after it noted that an advocate came under-prepared for a case. He had sought for a passover in the matter.
"We don't passover matters in this Court. Please argue. Tell us what the case is about", the Bench said.
After roughly going through the pleadings, the Junior advocate said, "I'm not able to do that".
"Why? Your senior doesn't allow you to read the files?", the Bench asked.
Eventually, another lawyer came forward to the lawyer's aid.
"Good, help him", the Bench said.
The young lawyer told the Court that the appeal plea was seeking the appellant's release from detention in a case pertaining to rape and criminal intimidation. (Section 376B, 506 of the Indian Penal Code)
The Court allowed the appeal and granted him bail noting that the prosecutrix was inconsistent in both the rounds of trial.
The Bench then asked the junior lawyer to be more put together while appearing for cases in the future.
"Even though you have not argued the matter, we have forced an order. But you have not argued. So this debt remains with you now. Any other day when you will come to the Court, you will compensate for today's hearing. Remember this is the deal. But next time please come prepared to the Court, gentleman. You don't come to a Court like this!"