CJI Dipak Misra: Shouting will not be tolerated at any cost

New Delhi Dec 8: Supreme Court was irked by some recent incidents in the court where lawyers were trying to outshout each other and allegedly attempting to browbeat judges during the high-profile hearing. The court has said that "shouting will not be tolerated at any cost".

The constitution bench compromising of CJI Dipak Misra, Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan has said that "What happened yesterday (in Delhi-Centre case) was atrocious and what happened a day before (in Ayodhya case) was more atrocious."

Earlier during the hearing of Ayodhya Dispute, several senior lawyers including Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan and Dushyant Dave had made high- pitched arguments and urged the judge to postpone the hearing till July 2019 and some of them had even threatened to walk out.

CJI had also observed that "Come what may, shouting in the courtroom will not be tolerated at any cost.Unfortunately a small group of lawyers think they can raise their voice.argue with authority and conviction. Raising your voice just shows inadequacy and incompetence"

Finally, the court said, "when lawyers argue in a manner, not in tune with the constitutional language, we will tolerate it but for how long? If the Bar does not regulate itself, we will be compelled to regulate".