NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday spurred the top lawyers – AM Singhvi, Mukul Rohatgi and Kapil Sibaleach earns rupees a month – giving way during the summer break to give junior supporters a chance to gain experience by arguing before the highest court.
When Sibal mentioned an urgent hearing request by a mining company, a rest bench by Judge Ajay Rastogi and Nagarathna Hospital said, “Don’t you think there’s a good number of attorneys (juniors) that can convince the judge to make the emergency list, as well as on vacation?”
Sibal agreed and said he was in favor of giving juniors the opportunity to mention cases that need to be listed urgently and also to argue holiday cases. “But, what to do? There are too many docks outside my house (the client insists that he argues their case). ” he say.
Next to be convinced was Rohatgi, known for staying in idyllic locations far from Delhi and still arguing via videoconference. Justice Rastogi said, “Why not give the juniors a chance, if you’re busy somewhere else?” Determined to give the juniors a chance, the bench used the indirect method and said: “We are sitting in court. Why don’t you show up before us? ”
It was the client’s pressure on the senior defense counsel that instead of agreeing to hand the case over to his subordinates, Rohatgi said he would return to Delhi the next day and appear in court. Bench posted the case for a hearing on Wednesday.
Singhvi comes the last turn. When the request was made, Singhvi said, “I support the bench proposal provided that the court makes a uniform rule that no senior advocate is allowed to argue on holiday. .” The bench said, “It should be an autonomous rule and popular high-profile advocates should exercise self-restraint.”
However, the bench insisted that Singhvi appeared in court to argue the case and posted the matter to a hearing on Tuesday.
Justice NV Ramana, within two months of being appointed as CJI, on August 21 of last year echoed similar feelings. He has said that a system of mentioning before registering the emergency list of cases has been introduced to ensure parity between senior and junior supporters. “We do not want to give special priority to the seniors, and deprive the juniors of opportunities. So this system was created where all can be mentioned before the registry,” he said.
Similar efforts were made by CJI Dipak Misra in August 2017 by discouraging senior advocates from mentioning cases that need to be listed urgently and allowing only in-house advocates. filings, a special type of attorney eligible to file at SC, deals with cases. This was later extended to junior advocates, but the seniors pushed them and the mechanism failed.
Minister of Justice KK Venugopal is the only exception. He has never argued a case in front of the bench during vacations, enjoys traveling to exotic locations during court breaks and leaving the field empty for his juniors.
When Sibal mentioned an urgent hearing request by a mining company, a rest bench by Judge Ajay Rastogi and Nagarathna Hospital said, “Don’t you think there’s a good number of attorneys (juniors) that can convince the judge to make the emergency list, as well as on vacation?”
Sibal agreed and said he was in favor of giving juniors the opportunity to mention cases that need to be listed urgently and also to argue holiday cases. “But, what to do? There are too many docks outside my house (the client insists that he argues their case). ” he say.
Next to be convinced was Rohatgi, known for staying in idyllic locations far from Delhi and still arguing via videoconference. Justice Rastogi said, “Why not give the juniors a chance, if you’re busy somewhere else?” Determined to give the juniors a chance, the bench used the indirect method and said: “We are sitting in court. Why don’t you show up before us? ”
It was the client’s pressure on the senior defense counsel that instead of agreeing to hand the case over to his subordinates, Rohatgi said he would return to Delhi the next day and appear in court. Bench posted the case for a hearing on Wednesday.
Singhvi comes the last turn. When the request was made, Singhvi said, “I support the bench proposal provided that the court makes a uniform rule that no senior advocate is allowed to argue on holiday. .” The bench said, “It should be an autonomous rule and popular high-profile advocates should exercise self-restraint.”
However, the bench insisted that Singhvi appeared in court to argue the case and posted the matter to a hearing on Tuesday.
Justice NV Ramana, within two months of being appointed as CJI, on August 21 of last year echoed similar feelings. He has said that a system of mentioning before registering the emergency list of cases has been introduced to ensure parity between senior and junior supporters. “We do not want to give special priority to the seniors, and deprive the juniors of opportunities. So this system was created where all can be mentioned before the registry,” he said.
Similar efforts were made by CJI Dipak Misra in August 2017 by discouraging senior advocates from mentioning cases that need to be listed urgently and allowing only in-house advocates. filings, a special type of attorney eligible to file at SC, deals with cases. This was later extended to junior advocates, but the seniors pushed them and the mechanism failed.
Minister of Justice KK Venugopal is the only exception. He has never argued a case in front of the bench during vacations, enjoys traveling to exotic locations during court breaks and leaving the field empty for his juniors.
