Justice PV Sanjay Kumar of the Supreme Court on Wednesday took exception when a lawyer revealed that his senior, who was to lead arguments in a matter, was yet to join the Supreme Court hearing as he was 'busy' arguing a case before a High Court. .Justice Kumar advised the assisting counsel to avoid freely disclosing such information if he did not wish to offend the egos of Supreme Court judges. The egos of judges can be very fragile, Justice Kumar said. "You must not be so honest. Learn that in future - you should never say in the Supreme Court that your senior is busy in High Court ... Our egos are very fragile. You don’t want to offend the ego of the judge. Your case will go out. Directly. Not on merits. Do not tell things like this. Small white lies are permitted," Justice Kumar observed.Justice Vikram Nath agreed, telling the junior counsel,"Your senior should have taught you these things.".The assisting counsel had earlier sought a pass over in the case. Accordingly, the Court passed over the matter. However, when the matter came up again at the end of the board, the junior lawyer said that the arguing counsel was still busy in the High Court. .The Court eventually adjourned the case till July 14. .[Read Live Coverage]
