Advocates Appearing Via Video Conferencing Before Bombay HC And All Its Benches Exempted From Wearing Black Coat & Gown [Read Circular]

Instead the Chief Justice has allowed them to wear a tie or a white band to ensure 'proper decorum' before virtual courts. Similarly, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of Covid-19, in a circular dated May 13, the Supreme Court had relaxed the dress code of lawyers appearing before it through video conferencing. Lawyers were allowed to wear "plain white-shirt/white-salwar-kameez/white saree, with a plainwhite neck band".

Following the Supreme Court's lead, the Bar Council of India had also issued a circular the next day reiterating the exemption from wearing black coat and gown as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Previously, the High Court had allowed all the judges of subordinate courts in Maharashtra, Goa, UTs of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu from wearing both the black coat and gown, whereas lawyers appearing before them have been exempt from wearing black coats.

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