Seniors worried by crowded supreme courtrooms' health-hazards

Monday, 18 February 2013 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

Supreme Court judges KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said they might have to open both doors of their courtroom during proceedings, after senior advocates Shanti Bhushan and Rajiv Dhawan pointed out that courtrooms were so crowded that they were an extreme discomfort to “old lawyers”. [Indian Express]

Bhushan, whose matter was called out by the bench, said:

It seems it is in public interest that all elderly lawyers, especially those above 70-80 years in age, should be crushed to death in the Supreme Court. Some day some old lawyers will die in a stampede in the Supreme Court.

Dhawan who was also present in the same courtroom at that time added:

I am in complete agreement with my learned friend. In fact I have broken my leg in the Supreme Court due to this problem.

Supreme CourtShanti BhushanRajiv Dhawan

Comments

The Advocate 18 Feb 2013, 08:29
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Nobody except 10-12 senior counsels and judges should be allowed inside court premises.
Ashish 18 Feb 2013, 12:47
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Are you out of your mind? It is preposterous to advocate keeping a court room off limits a counsel merely on account of his lesser experience at bar. Even a junior counsel could be the victim of a crowded court room and break his leg like a senior counsel did.
Guess. Back 18 Feb 2013, 08:33
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So what they want basically? Transfer the SC place or Advocates/Senior Advocates shall not come?
It's a part and parcel as well as waste of time to post these things.
When work pays you, it takes you as well.
amss guy 21 Feb 2013, 09:26
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They just want to be treated as celebrities...hahaha...
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