Supreme Court of India expressed concern about a counsel seeking to withdraw a petition as the top court The was delivering its decision in the case.
“This is unimaginable. You have reduced court proceedings to a mockery. This shows the standards of the Supreme Court going down. I cannot believe this. You made us believe that you can pay and now this? You cannot do this during pronouncement of judgment counsel! you can’t,” Justice Shah asked.
A Bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari was about to render judgement in the case of Hemantbhai Balvantbhai Patel and Anr v State of Gujarat and Anr when the counsel in the case requested that the appeal be withdrawn.
The Bench was disappointed by the same and criticised the Bar’s declining standards.
