appropriate address for a lady judge

Tripathi Ji u r right.

but if i would say MY LADY then???? joote to nahin padenge na? :-o)

i ve seen even in trial courts the female judges are addressed as SIR or JANAB

i know a guy who would say MyLordship :-)

sir,

supreme court of india has issued guidelines not to adress the chair as lord or lady. supreme court has made it clear two years back in one of its reported judgments that the judge, he or she shall be adressed by the bar either as sir or your honour.

but as a matter of practice lady judges are very often addressed as your ladyship.

 Yes ... In supreme Court, female Judges were addressed as My LADY... i feel no wrong in it.. (provided your wife not present in Court to see that term)

Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are addressed as 'Your Lordship'/'My Lord' and 'Your Ladyship'/'My Lady', a tradition directly attributable to England. However, a resolution of the Bar Council of India calls upon lawyers not to address the judges as Lords/Ladies, they having nothing to with nobility in a constitutional democracy. Lawyers however continue to so address judges - partly out of entrenched habit and partly out of fear of falling in disfavour with them. Subordinate court judges (District, Magistrate, Munsif and Sub-judges) are addressed as 'Your Honour'.

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