Only lawyers can wear white shirt, black coat & pants inside courtroom: J&Okay HC bar association | India News

SRINAGAR: The excessive courtroom bar association in Jammu has barred anybody aside from lawyers from sporting a white shirt, black trousers and black coat on the courtroom premises.An announcement issued on Saturday by Anshu Mahajan, joint secretary of the bar association, notified that “no clerk, litigant or a member of the general public is permitted to wear a white shirt, black pants and black coat during their visit to the court complex”. Anyone discovered violating the directive “shall be treated as tout and appropriate action under law shall be initiated against the visitor, including filing of a formal complaint”, the assertion added.The association stated the apparel is “strictly reserved for lawyers as a mark of professional identity and dignity of the legal fraternity”. It requested advocates to make sure that the interns working with them ought to wear black tie together with correct uniform, and “shall refrain from wearing band in the court premises until their enrolment as an advocate”.Subash Chander Gupta, a retired NIA courtroom decide, advised TOI that though the advisory is uncommon, it serves a helpful function. “It creates problems when touts disguise themselves as advocates,” he stated.Gupta, nevertheless, was of the view that the restriction on white shirts ought to be reconsidered, since many litigants favor sporting them in scorching climate.Senior advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmad stated younger lawyers have repeatedly raised considerations over “unauthorised people” posing as advocates and deceptive litigants. This was hurting the occupation, and that’s what prompted the bar association “to take the initiative to regulate this misuse”, he added.