(MENAFN- Live Mint) "A Supreme Court judge, Justice PS Narasimha, reportedly expressed displeasure over being addressed as \"Your lordship\" and \"My Lord\" during a judicial proceeding earlier this week. The judge even offered the lawyer half of his salary if the latter stopped using such phrases and suggested using \"Sir\" instead.\"How many times you will say 'My Lords'? If you stop saying this, then I will give you half of my salary,” Justice PS Narasimha was quoted by news agency PTI as saying on Wednesday.\"Why don't you use 'Sir' instead,” Justice Narasimha, who was sitting on the Supreme Court bench with senior presiding judge Justice AS Bopanna, told a senior lawyer arguments in court, lawyers invariably address judges as \"My Lord\" or \"Your Lordships\". Those opposed to the practice often call it a colonial-era relic and a sign of slavery, the PTI report said 2006, the Bar Council of India had passed a resolution deciding no advocate will address judges as \"My Lord\" and \"Your Lordship\". However, it was not followed in practice the first time...In 2009, Justice K Chandru of the Madras High Court had asked lawyers to refrain from using 'My Lord', Live Law reported on Friday Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court had also formally requested lawyers that they may try and avoid addressing him as 'your lordship' or 'my lord', the report said reports also mentioned the 2019 Rajasthan High Court notice that requested lawyers and those appearing before the judges to refrain from addressing the judges as \"My Lord\" and \"Your Lordship\".Who is Justice PS NarasimhaJustice PS Narasimha was one of the five judges who issued a judgment regarding various petitions concerning the marriage equality rights of the LGBTQIA community a 3:2 decision, the five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud ruled against granting constitutional validity to same-sex marriages PS Narasimha was one of the majority three judges and was quoted by Live Law as saying: \"It would not be Constitutionally permissible to recognise a right to civil union mirroring marriage\".(With inputs from PTI)
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