why Advocates ware black coat

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Anonymous
(Querist) 26 February 2011
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why Advocates ware black coat?
G. ARAVINTHAN
(Expert) 04 March 2011
In India, the courts have upheld the traditions of wearing black and white. Judges wear white shirts and trousers with a white neck band and a black silk coat. Lawyers wear white shirts and trousers with a white neck band and a black court coat. Judges do not wear wigs.