In a note addressed to the members of the Bar Association, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has requested lawyers to avoid using the words ‘Your Lordship’ or ‘My Lord’ while addressing them.
Justice Tyagi’s note read: “It is for the information of the Hon’ble Members of the Bar that the Hon’ble Shri Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi has requested that the Hon’ble Members of the Bar may refrain from addressing him as ‘Your Lordship’ or . My ‘. God’ and also saying Grateful and Grateful. Please take care of all concerned.”
Earlier, Justice Tyagi had in March 2021 also requested advocates not to address him as “Your Lordship” or “My Lord”.
The then Chief Justice of India, Justice HL Dattu, made it clear in 2014 that it is not mandatory to address judges as ‘Your Lordship’.
“When did we say it is mandatory? You can just call us respectfully. Don’t address us as ‘major’. We don’t say anything. All we want is to address us respectfully,” Justice Dattu insisted.
Also as per reports, Justice P Krishna Bhat of Karnataka High Court had requested advocates in April this year to refrain from addressing the court as ‘My Lord’ or ‘Your Lordship’.
The note said that the members of the bar are requested to follow a practice consistent with the dignity of the court which is more important in Indian circumstances like ‘Sir’.
Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association passed a resolution in 2011 to address judges as “Sir” instead of “My Lord”.
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