COVID-19 impact: Calcutta HC relaxes dress code for lawyers

Kolkata, May 15 () The Chief Justice of theCalcutta High Court has allowed changes in dress code oflawyers in view of the medical exigencies due to the COVID-19outbreak, a senior official said on Friday.

On a recommendation of the committee for all COVID-19related matters, Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T B NRadhakrishnan directed that advocates of the HC and thesubordinate courts will wear "plain white shirt or whitesalwar kameez or white saree, with a plain white neck band"during the hearings conducted through video conference.

The direction came after Chief Justice of India (CJI)S A Bobde had on Wednesday said the judges and the lawyersshould not wear coat and gown for the time being as they makeit "easier to catch virus".

The dress code will remain in force "till medicalexigencies exist or until further orders," Calcutta High Courtregistrar general Rai Chattopadhyay said in a notification.

The same dress code will also be made applicable tothe officers and registrars of the high court until furtherorders, excepting use of white band, it said. AMRBDC BDC