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Advocates' role in efficiency of judiciary stressed

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI DEC. 27. The judiciary cannot be efficient and independent without the constructive participation of advocates, said Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Judge of the Supreme Court.

Addressing the members of the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) here today, he said advocates should be open to innovations and they should not presume problems to start agitations. Every member of the Bar today was a potential member of the judiciary tomorrow, Mr. Justice Sabharwal said and added that as the largest Bar in the continent, the MHAA had the largest responsibility of setting an unblemished example for other advocate bodies to emulate.

Citing incidents from his life, the Judge said honest approach, hard labour and humility alone would ensure progress and prosperity of advocates as well as judicial officers.

He referred to the court violence the Delhi High Court witnessed a couple of years ago and disapproved of the rampaging lawyers barging into court rooms, shouting slogans, abusing judges and making court proceedings impossible. The apex court judge pointed out that though the advocates responsible for the violence were not punished, thanks to the majority judgment, he himself had favoured exemplary punishment to them.

"The pill is not sweet, but it is in the interest of the judiciary," he said.

The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, B. Subhashan Reddy, reiterated his views that lawyers and judges were two sides of a coin. Conceding that there were occasional dissensions, the Chief Justice said dissent was the essence of democracy.

The MHAA president, S. Prabakaran, said the current budgetary allocation for the judiciary was `paltry' and insufficient financial outlay affected judicial administrative functions such as expeditious filling up of vacancies in higher as well as subordinate courts.

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