“All counsel and parties in concern are requested to try and avoid addressing the judges of this bench as ‘My Lord’, ‘Your Lordship’, ‘Your Honour’, or with the prefix ‘Honourable’. Any other form of address, consistent with the decorum of the Court, including ‘Sir’, should suffice,” read a note issued by the bench of the Chief Justice on Monday.
Notably, the Bar Council of India in 2006 had passed a resolution prohibiting the usage of such terms which are "a relic of the colonial past."
It was in 2009 that Justice Muralidhar had requested the lawyers in Delhi high court not to address him as “Your Lordship”.
In 2020, Justice Muralidhar had also requested the lawyers in the Punjab and Haryana high court to avoid using terms such as “My Lord” or “Your Lordship” while addressing him.
