Whether SG or ASG our Order will not change held J. Nagarathna
Whether ASG, SG, our order will be the same. It does not differ based on the advocates who appear before us held Justice B. V. Nagarathna
Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a Petition after counsel asked for adjournment for the day as main senior counsel, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) was appearing in another court.
AdvertisementA Bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva cleared that seniority of counsel has makes no difference on decision of the court whether a junior, senior, Solicitor General or Additional Solicitor General is appearing.
The judge added that the Court does not treat lawyers differently based on their designation, and that what mattered to it was the quality of assistance rendered, not the gown worn.
AdvertisementShe also noted that that the Court is sometimes more frustrated by senior counsel who offer only noise and little assistance.
“We look at the gown and say senior counsel or not. Sometimes we say senior counsel, they only say we are not senior counsel. Everybody is the same to us. A junior may assist, we give the best order then. We feel satisfied. If a junior assists very well. But we feel frustrated when a senior doesn’t assist well.
Sometimes it’s just noise and no assistance,” Justice Nagarathna remarked.
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