Ahmedabad: Things are heating up for lawyers in Gujarat this summer. Most advocates of the Gujarat High Court are finding black gowns unbearable during summer months and are now trying to do away with their gowns.
But the Gujarat High Court has no rules under the Advocates Act that will exempt them from wearing the gowns in the four summer months.
"There has to be some drastic change. The British educational and legal system has been adopted blindly by us,” complains advocate Deepak Shukla.
Interestingly, there have been precedents when lawyers have tried to do away with their black coats. In 2001, BCI exempted advocates from wearing black coats during summers. The Chief Justice approved this for advocates in the lower courts. However, a two-member panel of the Gujarat High Court later opposed this ruling.
The Bar Council of Gujarat has now filed a writ petition in the High Court.
Meghdoot Sharon / CNN-IBN
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- Kamal Kumar Pandey (Adv. Supreme Court of India)
- Lawyer Practising at Supreme Court of India. Court Experience: Criminal, Civil & PIL (related to Property, Tax, Custom & Duties, MVAC, insurance, I.P.R., Copyrights & Trademarks, Partnerships, Labour Disputes, etc.) Socio-Legal: Child Rights, Mid Day Meal Programme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Women Rights, Against Female Foeticide, P.R.Is, Bonded Labour, Child labour, Child marriage, Domestic violence, Legal Literacy, HIV/AIDS, etc. Worked for Legal Aid/Advise/Awareness/Training/Empowerment/Interventions/Training & Sensitisation.
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