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TMI Blog2021 (12) TMI 685X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ; lawyers are to the civil society what soldiers are to the frontiers of a nation; lawyers profession is the only profession constitutionally recognized; Marcus Tullius Cicero centuries ago called this profession as the noble profession ; lawyers lend voice to the voiceless; they stand unfazed during social tumult; our Freedom Struggle was led by lawyers; our Constitution is the child of great legal brains; of course, others too have contributed a lot, cannot be denied; the great principles of governance and constitutional doctrines like the doctrine of Basic Structure are the contribution of tall lawyers; it is they who draw the chariot of law justice; words fall short to extol the greatness of this profession. In some occasions that ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... duties rather than take shelter behind technicalities and advocates who think they can defend the indefensible by giving their own skewed understanding of the law and misguiding appellants. (highlighting is mine) 2. The portion of the observations that are highlighted would reflect on the professional conduct of the petitioner, argues his counsel; learned Panel Counsel appearing for the respondents opposes the writ petition contending that the said observations are case specific and therefore petitioner may not read too much in that; so contending he seeks dismissal of the writ petition. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the petition papers, this Court is inclined to grant reprieve to the p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... SE OTHERS , ILR (1922) 49 Cal.732 are worth reproducing: The practice of the law is not a business open to all who wish to engage in it. It is a personal right or privilege .... It is in the nature of a franchise from the State. That you are a member of the legal profession is your privilege; that you can represent your client is your privilege; that you can in that capacity claim audience in Court is your privilege. Yours is an exalted profession in which your privilege is your duty and your duty is your privilege. They both coincide (c) The hallmarks of legal profession, to borrow the words of jurist Dr. Upendra Baxi are: Courage, Craft Contention ; advocacy is a distinguished profession affording full scope for the talen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ne may transcend the traditional contours of professional conduct; but this happens even with adjudicators as well; the ultimate object is to do justice to the cause; it hardly needs to be stated that the judgments orders should not be written with a pen dipped in acid; after all acidity affects health; the acidic words rob away the living beauty of the scripts; viewed from this angle, the highlighted portion of the observations in the subject order need to be expunged; it is in the best interest of both the stakeholders, namely, Bar the Bench; such expunction would only add to the beauty of the order in question which is meticulously texted with appreciable articulation. In the above circumstances, this writ petition succeeds and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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