An age old idiom says a judge shouldn’t be a speaking judge. Whatever he wants to say he should say it through written verdict. He had better not indulge in verbal brawl with the Defence Counsel during the course of legal proceedings in the the Court Room as chances are that advertantly or inadvertently or through a slip of the tongue he might utter any word from which the listeners may easily draw a conclusion as to which side is he on. During the famous trial of famous murder case against against ZA Bhutto in the High court due to unnecessary verbal duel between the then Judges and Defence Lawyers and off the cuff remarks of some honorable judges trying that case many political observers then had beforehand drawn the conclusion as to which way the case was moving.
Lately, it has been also observed that the much needed coordination between the bench and the bar in the higher courts of the country is also missing which is unfortunate to say the least Lawyers and judges are like the two wheels of a car If one wheel develops some defect the car won’t move. Unnecessary and unwarranted exchange of hot and sardonic words between the honourable members of the bench and the bar need to be avoided in the interest of quick dispensation of justice to those seeking justice as justice delayed is justice denied .
