Coming down heavily on the manner in which the Government advocate had misled the Rajasthan High Court, a deeply anguished bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice Anil Dave and Justice Dipak Misra in a very recent Judgment observed “As far as the counsel for the State is concerned, it can be decidedly stated that he has a higher responsibility. A counsel who represents the State is required to state the facts in a correct and honest manner. He has to discharge his duty with immense responsibility and each of his action has to be sensible. He is expected to have higher standard of conduct. He has a special duty towards the court in rendering assistance. It is because he has access to the public records and is also obliged to protect the public interest. That apart, he has a moral responsibility to the court. When these values corrode, one can say “things fall apart”. He should always remind himself that an advocate, while not being insensible to ambition and achievement, should feel the sense of ethicality and nobility of the legal profession in his bones. We hope, hopefully, there would be apposite response towards duty; the hollowed and honoured duty”. Let us hope that in Goa the Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni takes a cue and follows these directions in letter and spirit by never misleading the Court and setting an example as the Leader of the Bar of the State. There should never be any fixing, fudging or falsifying in the Temples of Justice.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:17:16 +0000