Duty of judges to show respect to lawyers: CJI

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said it was the duty of the judges to show respect to the lawyers despite their age or status.

Justice Misra was speaking at a function to bid farewell to Justice R K Agrawal, who retired from the apex court today.

"The Supreme Court is one. The bar nurtures us and on every occasion, I have told the young members of the bar to be the guiding angels. It's not the age, it is the entry into the Bar that makes you an angel. Whatever be your stature or status, you deserve respect and it is the duty of the judges to show respect to the members of the bar despite their age or status," he said.

On Justice Agrawal, the CJI said he was "getting liberated from one assignment... If you feel envy, you are boycotting him. If you are jealous, you give him another five years to work. When, where and how, I can't say."
The SCBA President Vikas Singh referred to Justice Agrawal's farewell speech, which