{"id":6771,"date":"2025-01-21T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/delay-comes-at-a-cost-lawyers-fined\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:49:50","slug":"delay-comes-at-a-cost-lawyers-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=6771","title":{"rendered":"Delay Comes At A Cost; Lawyers Fined"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><em>Don&#39;t spoil the name of the bar.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><em>&quot;What&#39;s your year of enrollment?&quot;<\/em> asked a visibly dismayed bench of <strong>Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee<\/strong>. The lawyer for the petitioner stated, <em>&quot;2014&quot;<\/em>, while the lawyer for the respondent said, <em>&quot;2018&quot;<\/em>. Wasting no time, a fine of \u00e2\u201a\u00b916,000 each was ordered to be paid by each of them for seeking the adjournment of the matter. A vexed bench stated, <em>&quot;You are bringing disrepute to the Delhi Bar. Don&#39;t spoil the name of the bar.&quot;<\/em> They urged the legal professionals to maintain the integrity and professionalism of the legal community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Source: NEWS <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#39;t spoil the name of the bar. &quot;What&#39;s your year of enrollment?&quot; asked a visibly dismayed bench of Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee. 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