Addressing a function in the federal judicial academy, Islamabad the other day the CJP has hit the nail on the head by pinpointing the ailment that afflicts both the bench and the bar. When a lawyer throws chair at the judge and the latter tries to hit the former with paperweight in retaliation we must pause and think as to where do we stand today?
The mutual trust and respect which the lawyers and the judges once had for each other is sadly missing today . The common man is aghast to see the custodians of law of the land flouting it with impunity with rare abandon.
The bench and bar are the two wheels of judiciary which certainly goes haywire if one or both the wheels are jammed.
If this profession requires a high degree of probity from the judges on the one hand , it also expects lawyers not to take the law into their own hand . The senior lawyers must pull their weight and impart proper training to the new entrants in their profession about the manner in which they are supposed to conduct themselves in the court room. It won’t be a bad idea if both the new entrants in this profession whether as judges or lawyers are given a crash course in judicial academy just like the medics are supposed to do their house job compulsorily in the hospitals before they are given independent assignments.
The higher judiciary should doubly ensure that the code of ethics is religiously followed by all the judges from bottom to the top. Only that person should become a judge who is ready to give up his social life and live a life of seclusion quite far away from the citadel of power.
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