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“Please avoid boycotting courts in future”

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HAVING A WORD: Madras High Court Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale (right) with Justice A. Kulasekaran, who retired on Friday. —

CHENNAI: “Please avoid boycotting courts in future and conduct yourself with dignity to uphold the majesty of law wherever you go”, Justice A. Kulasekaran, who retired as a Judge of the Madras High Court on Friday, said.

At a farewell organised in the High Court, he said the major contribution for the development of law was the Bar. Law should be looked upon as a learned profession, not as a lucrative one.

“Public disenchantment with judicial administration has been vastly aggravated by the recent developments. The incidents (that) took place in this year are unprecedented in the history of any modern democracy, which not only affected merely the litigants and the lawyers, but the entire nation.”

Citizens were interested in an unpolluted stream of justice. Pointing out that he had spent 34 years in the legal profession, he said “Judiciary is our home. We must be self critical enough to meet the truth face to face rather criticise or advise the other two organs, namely legislature and the executive. We have more responsibility than others.”

He said the greatest drawback of the administration of justice in India today was delay, which was due to several factors. One reason was less number of judges and large number of cases.

The Bench and the Bar should ensure that justice was administered expeditiously.

With Mr. Justice Kulasekaran’s retirement, the strength of the Madras High Court has come down to 56.

Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale, office-bearers of the Madras High Court Advocates Association, Madras Bar Association, Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, The Law Association and Women Lawyers Association were among those present.

Earlier, in his farewell address, Advocate-General G. Masilamani said Mr. Justice Kulasekaran had disposed of about 71,000 cases during his eight-year tenure as a High Court Judge.

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