CJI upset after bar bodies skip farewell for justice Bela Trivedi

“The stand taken by the Association, I must deprecate openly as I believe in being plain and straight. On such occasions, such a stand ought not to have been taken by the Association,” he said.

Justice Trivedi, who is widely seen as conservative in matters related to granting relief, such as bail, has attracted the ire of the two bar bodies over several decisions that they saw as targetting lawyers. This likely includes a decision last year by justice Trivedi when she ordered an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the filing of a petition based on forged documents.

It also likely includes a judgement by her recently that refused to record the presence of all lawyers appearing in a case; the SCBA and SCAORA filed a petition challenging the decision. And in April, she punished a lawyer for suppressing information in a petition filed before the court despite his unconditional apology.