New Delhi:
Should judges be addressed as "My Lord" in court? Absolutely not, says a man who has asked the Supreme Court to ban the honorific because it is "a relic of the colonial era and against the dignity of the country."
Shiv Sagar Tiwari, a 75-year-old lawyer, filed his case in court today but it was not allowed. However, he has been told that he can try again to persuade another group of Supreme Court judges or a different bench to consider his appeal.
The judges who rejected his case today said there is no court in the country that insists on judges being addressed as "My Lord" or "your Lordship."
Mr Tiwari, the petitioner, said that the Bar Council of India passed a resolution in 2006 banning these terms, but that the rule is ignored in some courts.