During arguments in courts, lawyers often refer to judges as "My Lord" or "Your Lordships". In 2006, the Bar Council of India had passed a resolution deciding no advocate would address judges as "My Lord" and "Your Lordship" but it was not followed in practice.
"To honour the mandate of equality enshrined in the Constitution of India, the Full Court in its meeting dated July 14 has unanimously resolved to request the counsels and those who appear before the court to desist from addressing the judges as 'My Lord' and 'Your Lordship',"
New Delhi: Should judges be addressed as "My Lord" in court? Absolutely not, says a man who has asked the Supreme Court to ban the honorific because it is "a relic of the colonial era
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