Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday admonished a lawyer for repeatedly using the term ‘yeah’ during arguments in the Supreme Court. In a strongly worded rebuke, the judge told the lawyer that he was allergic to the term ‘yeah’.
CJI Chandrachud also told the lawyer that he was in a court of law, not a coffee shop. He said the lawyer should say ‘yes’, instead of ‘yeah
Don’t say ‘yeah yeah yeah.’ Say ‘Yes.’ This is not a coffee shop. This is a court. I am a little allergic to people saying ‘yeah.’ This cannot be allowed,” said CJI Chandrachud, according to India Today.
The lawyer was arguing before the court about what he called wrongful dismissal of a plea by the former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi. He demanded a probe against the former judge, who is currently a Rajya Sabha MP.
Responding to this, the petitioner said: ‘Yeah, yeah, the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi. I was asked to file a curative.”
His remark drew CJI Chandrachud’s ire. He said Justice Gogoi was a former judge of the Supreme Court and a such petition couldn’t be filed against him.
