Calcutta HC allows lawyers to skip advocates' gown amid hot weather
PTC News Desk: As the summer heat refuses to abate with day temperatures in the city hovering around 40 degrees Celsius, wearing of advocates' gown by lawyers has been exempted at the Calcutta High Court by a direction of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam.
The weather department has forecast that heatwave or hot and discomforting weather conditions in Kolkata and its surrounding districts will continue for at least the next five days.
A high court notification said that upon consideration of the ongoing inclement weather combined with a heatwave, the Chief Justice has directed an exemption on wearing of advocates' gowns till the end of the summer vacation to give relief to the lawyers.
"Taking note of the weather, wearing of Advocates' gown is exempted till the Court reopens after Summer Vacation on June 10."
Summer vacation at the Calcutta High Court will begin on May 19.
According to Uday Shankar Chatterjee, a lawyer at the high court, the Chief Justice granted such an exemption during the peak summer weeks last year as well.
- With inputs from agencies
