Shivani Pandey-
In a note addressed to members of the Bar Association, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has requested lawyers to avoid using ‘Your Lordship’ or ‘My Lord’ while addressing him.
The note by Justice Tyagi read: “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.”
In the recent past, various Individual Judges have requested to omit ‘My lord’ and ‘Your Lordship’ while addressing them.
Earlier, Justice Tyagi had in March 2021 too requested advocates not to address him as “Your Lordship” or “My Lord”.
Last year, Rajasthan High Court issued a notice requesting lawyers and those appearing in front of the judges to refrain from aggressing Hon’ble judges as “My lord” and “Your lordship”.
As per sources, Justice P Krishna Bhat of the Karnataka High Court in April this year had put up a note requesting advocates to avoid addressing court with honorifics as ‘My Lord’ or ‘Your Lordship’.
The note read that, “Members of the Bar are requested to adhere to a practise consistent with dignity of court which is more important in Indian circumstances like ‘sir.”
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