Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of Punjab and Haryana High Court has requested lawyers to refrain from addressing him as “Your Lordship” or “My Lord” and to not to terms such as “obliged” and “grateful” while arguing cases before him.
The request was made by way of a note issued in his cause list.
The note states that “It is for the information of the respected members of the Bar that Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi has requested that respected members of the Bar may avoid addressing him as ‘Your Lordship’ or ‘My Lord’ and also saying obliged and grateful. All concerned to note please.”
It is witnessed in many instances that Several Judges in other High Courts had previously indicated that they have no objection in abandoning the use of colonial-era honorifics when it comes to addressing the Court.
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