Address me as ‘Sir’ and never ‘My Lord’, Calcutta HC Chief Justice tells judiciary officers – The Opinion

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TBN Radhakrishnan has mentioned that he would need to be addressed as ‘Sir’ by all judiciary officers in Bengal and Andaman as an alternative of ‘My Lord’ or ‘Lordship‘, as was the follow to this point.

In a letter to the district judges and chief judges of lower courts within the state and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, High Court Registrar General Rai Chattopadhyay conveyed the message of the chief justice, an official mentioned on Thursday.

The chief justice has expressed the will that “henceforth officers of district judiciary, including members of Registry of the Hon’ble High Court would address the Hon’ble Chief Justice as ‘Sir’ instead of ‘My Lord’ or ‘Lordship’, in conformity with the applicable judicial and administrative precedents”, the letter mentioned.