According to a circular by the Supreme Court’s assistant registrar, published on the official website, an advocate wearing a long saffron-coloured gown over his shorter black gown was in the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) court room last month. The circular stated that “advocates only in proper unif...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has stated that under Rule III of the BCI rules “wearing of advocate’s gown shall be optional except when appearing in the Supreme Court or in High courts”, reported the Times of India , and under Rule IV, “wearing of black coat is not mandatory” during summer. The rel...