CESTAT Bar Vs Bench

By Vijay Kumar

UNFORTUNATE incidents are happening in the CESTAT. The CESTAT Bar Association in Delhi is observing today (17.08.2015) as protest day by wearing white badges on their coat. The Association says that the President in a speech in the conference room on 23.07.2015 attacked the Bar Association and its President and interfered in the affairs of the Bar association.

Cordial relations between the Bench and the Bar are supposed to be the essential pre-requisite for the efficient functioning of the Court. The bar and Bench together make the court and they should not be adversaries, but be partners in the dispensation of justice.

Let us hope the issue is amicably settled and the CESTAT functions normally.