'Sr lawyers have bounden duty to provide leadership in Bar'

: Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul today said senior lawyers' have a bounden duty to provide leadership in the Bar and give opportunities to youngsters who was elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court.
"There are enough senior members in the Bar to guide the younger members. The yearning of younger members of the Bar is palpable. The senior members must provide leadership in the Bar and give opportunities to the youngsters. It is their bounden duty," he said.
Justice Kaul, who was among five new judges appointed to the Supreme Court yesterday, was speaking at a farewell function at the High Court.

The Chief Justice said he has had the opportunity of listening to a number of younger members of the Bar, who were both erudite and committed and opined that it was equally the duty of the Bench to encourage such youngsters "as we have all evolved only through such a process."
"My appeal to younger members of the Bar is to take the opportunities which come their way," he said.
Pointing out that courts are the temples of justice, he said it has to remain open for litigants to knock on its doors at any time, as otherwise their faith in it would be shaken.

"It is only with this objective that I have repeatedly appealed to Members of the Bar that the choice of abstaining from work is not available to practitioners of this noble profession."

Lawyers are officers of the Court meant to advance the cause of justice by prosecuting the case of their clients.
Describing his elevation as Supreme Court Judge as another journey, he said "it is an opportunity to paint another picture... To write another book. A Judge's contributions are through his writings."
Earlier Advocate General R Muthukumaraswamy praised Kaul for being instrumental in increasing strength of High Court Judges from 60 to 75 and taking steps to fill vacancies of Judges.

He recalled Justice Kaul had stepped in to salvage the situation of strikes, gheraoes and dharnas by undisciplined advocates, by taking suo motu on the situation of continued boycott of courts by lawyers on a variety of issues.
He had directed the Central Government to provide CISF security cover to the Court after revamping security system in the premises by declaring it a High Security Zone, he said.