"Clueless On Rationale": Top Court Lawyers' Body On New Lady Justice Statue

The Supreme Court bar association said a museum has now been proposed at a location where they had demanded a cafe for lawyers.

The Supreme Court Bar Association, led by senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, has questioned the "radical changes" at the Supreme Court, including its new emblem and the statue of Lady Justice, and said the lawyers' body was not consulted about them.

The bar association's resolution said a museum has now been proposed at a location where they had demanded a cafe for lawyers. They have expressed concern that work on the museum has started despite their objection and opposed this move.

"It is observed by the Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association that recently some radical changes have been brought in by the Supreme Court unilaterally like change of its emblem, change in the statue of Lady Justice without consultation with the Bar. We are equal stakeholders in the administration of justice but these changes when proposed, were never brought to our attention. We are totally clueless on the rationale behind these changes," the resolution says.