White shirts, black pants
On July 15, the Rohini Court Bar Association issued a notice barring the general public, clerks and litigants from wearing white shirts and black coats on court premises. The notice came amidst complaints of touts defrauding litigants.
Published on: 17 July 2025, 12:37 pm
With a summons received,
Cursing their accursed fate,
Litigants trudged reluctantly
To some court's rickety gate
Only to find a big crowd there
Though it was early, not late.
All in white shirts, black pants
Each looking like an advocate!
The litigant gets surrounded
Not just by a few, but by all
Shoving vakalatnamas at him.
He is afraid that he may fall.
Can all these really be lawyers?
He is not able to tell at all.
So what is to be done now?
How does a litigant take a call?
Litigants need not worry now
A Bar Association was informed
To address this huge problem
A task force was urgently formed
Everyone agreed the situation
Was bad and should be reformed.
Thus now only lawyers can wear
Black & white and be uniformed.
How will this help the litigant?
Who will still find touts at gate
Well, he will now know to whom
He would be entrusting his fate
It won't be some impersonator
Dressed as a lawyer as of late.
Even if a litigant still gets fleeced
He will know it's by an advocate!