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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> High Court of Kerala <br /><br /> Advocates’ attire “necessary and conducive for dispensation of justice”<br /><br /> MANU/KE/2632/2015 - (07 Dec 2015)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Vincent Panikulangara v. Union of India and Ors.</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>Kerala High Court dismissed a petition by a lawyer alleging “severe hardship and inconvenience” due to the dress code imposed in courts. The petitioner had argued that whereas formal attire requirements at jurisdictions around the world had changed substantially, rules at the Kerala High Court and Bar Council of India insisted on lawyers wearing black coats, gowns and white bands despite the less than agreeable weather. The Court reiterated the sanctity of advocates’ dress code and how the same distinguished the person as a “guardian of rule of law…men of knowledge, integrity and persons upholding the rules of law.” It also reminded of provisions in the rules excusing black coats during summer months.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Satish Kumar Sharma v. Bar Council of H.P. <manuid>MANU/SC/0005/2001</manuid> Prayag Das v. Civil Judge Bulandshahr <manuid>MANU/UP/0036/1974</manuid> Section 49 Advocate nActCompID=179, 1961</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : Advocate dress code, kerala, attire</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>