Exempt Advocates From Wearing Black Coat & Gown In Summers : Lawyer's Plea In Supreme Court

Srishti Ojha

29 Aug 2021 6:04 PM IST

The petitioner says that not all the advocates practising at the Supreme Court and the High Courts are affluent enough to afford an air-conditioned mode of conveyance and that the current dress code only aggravates the summer heat.

A lawyer has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking an exemption to Advocates from wearing black coats and gowns in the months of summer in the Supreme Court and the High Courts.Advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi has filed the writ petition seeking direction to the Bar Council of India to amend its rules to exempt advocates from wearing Black coats and Gowns in the months of summers.He...

Exempt Advocates From Wearing Black Coat & Gown In Summers : Lawyer's Plea In Supreme Court

Srishti Ojha

The petitioner says that not all the advocates practising at the Supreme Court and the High Courts are affluent enough to afford an air-conditioned mode of conveyance and that the current dress code only aggravates the summer heat.

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