After the protest, the order was withdrawn by the Pune District Court: Women lawyers were told – do not groom hair in open court, work is disturbed

A notice from the District Court of Pune made headlines when senior advocate Indira Jaising shared it on Twitter. It was written in this notice – It is constantly being seen that women advocates get their hair done or groomed in the open court. This act disturbs the working of the court. Therefore they are directed to avoid such acts.

An official attached to the registrar’s office said that “the notice was issued only to maintain the decorum of the courtroom. It has been withdrawn to avoid any controversy.”

Notice put up in Pune District Court.

withdrawn if protested
Sharing the notice, Indira wrote – Wow now look, who is getting distracted due to women advocates and why? The notice was pasted in the court on October 20. However, it was withdrawn after protests. Indira Jaising tweeted about this again on Tuesday.

Bar Association said – we did not get the notice
Advocate Pandurang Thorve, President, Pune Bar Association has said that his office has not received any such notice. Thorve said- All the notices issued to the advocates are sent to the Pune Bar Association, but till date we have not received any such notice. However, after raising objections on Saturday, the notice was immediately withdrawn.

The matter of calling a female judge as Sir also made headlines.

In February this year, Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a case in the Delhi High Court and advocates were speaking out while calling him Sir. To this Rekha Palli objected and said that he is not Sir. The judge, who was fed up with this happening again and again, interrupted the senior advocate and said- ‘I am not sir. Hope you can see this’. On that the lawyer apologized to Tapak. Although the story did not end here, the lawyer further added – ‘I said this because of the chair you are sitting on’.