To, Mr. Vikas Singh, Senior Advocate and President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Supreme Court of India, Tilak Mark, New Delhi – 110001
Sir,
The letter of the Supreme Court Bar Association dated 8:6:2021, which seeks elevation of lawyers practicing before the Supreme Court to High Courts, uses the following words;
“The lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court are rarely considered for elevation by the High Court collegium they not regularly practice before the High Court and while being professionally more meritorious than their colleagues at the High Court, loose the opportunity for being considered as such.”
The highlighted portion, to say the least, is outrageous.
High Courts in the country have contributed some of the best judges to the Supreme Court. These judges have built and strengthened the highest judicial institution brick-by-brick.
Many lawyers started their practice at the taluka and district level and enriched High Courts with their vast knowledge and experience.
There is no need to mention names of great lawyers who practiced before High Courts till their elevation to High Courts and then to Supreme Court. Their vast knowledge coupled with their touch with clients from villages, talukas and districts made them persons with empathy. Needless to say, this empathy factor is reflected in many of their judgments.
Hence, the self-proclamation by SCBA that the lawyers practicing in Supreme Court are professionally more meritorious than their colleagues at the High Court makes a mockery of the Advocates’ fraternity.
You are hereby called upon to forthwith withdraw the offensive portion in the letter aforesaid to avoid nationwide protest from the learned members of the bar practicing in the High Courts.
Regards
Daksha Legal 