Whenever I had to visit the courts, certain things amused me. Out of all those, what sounded dramatic to me was the use of the referal phrase “My lordship” or “My Lord” by the lawyers for the Judges. It used to sound so unreal and dramatic.

Finaly its going to be a thing of past as a notice might be on the way to the Gazette, the publication of which will make such forms of address in Indian courts as ‘My Lord’ or ‘Your Lordship’ history, the Bar Council of India announced today.

Use of “My lord or Lordship” gave a reflection of the colonial past and gone are those days.

The new form of address would be ‘Your Honour’ or ‘Hon’ble Court’ in Supreme Court and High Courts and ‘Sir’ or an equivalent word in respective regional language in lower courts or tribunals. Use of the above mention referal phrases seem to be more contemporary and real.

I think our lawyer freinds would aprreciate this recent development.

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