Your Lordship

A Supreme Court judge has voiced unhappiness at being repeatedly addressed as "My Lord" and "Your Lordships" by lawyers during judicial proceedings.

Justice S Muralidhar, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently, has requested lawyers to avoid using terms such as "my lord" or "your lordship" while addressing him.

In a first, the Rajasthan High Court has asked lawyers to abandon the colonial practise of addressing judges as ''My Lord'' or ''Your Lordship'', saying they are comfortable with simply being called ''sir''.

Judges should be addressed in courts in a respectful and dignified manner and it is not compulsory to call them "my lord", "your lordship" or "your honour", the Supreme Court today said.

Should judges be addressed as "My Lord" in court? Absolutely not, says a man who has asked the Supreme Court to ban the honorific.

A Supreme Court judge has voiced unhappiness at being repeatedly addressed as "My Lord" and "Your Lordships" by lawyers during judicial proceedings.

Justice S Muralidhar, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently, has requested lawyers to avoid using terms such as "my lord" or "your lordship" while addressing him.

In a first, the Rajasthan High Court has asked lawyers to abandon the colonial practise of addressing judges as ''My Lord'' or ''Your Lordship'', saying they are comfortable with simply being called ''sir''.

Judges should be addressed in courts in a respectful and dignified manner and it is not compulsory to call them "my lord", "your lordship" or "your honour", the Supreme Court today said.

Should judges be addressed as "My Lord" in court? Absolutely not, says a man who has asked the Supreme Court to ban the honorific.