Lawyer moves Supreme Court against 'preference' to cases filed by 'influential' persons

New Delhi: A lawyer has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to its Secretary General and registrar/officers "not to give preferences to cases filed by influential lawyers/petitioners" and stop discrimination against ordinary lawyers.

Lawyer Reepak Kansal, in the plea, claimed that there is no mechanism to address complaints against erring officers of the registry who favour some law firms/advocates for reasons best known to them. "There are many petitioners/lawyers have been suffering by unequal treatment by the registry as the cases filed by some law firms/influential lawyers are immediately listed by registry ignoring the cases of ordinary petitioners/ lawyers," said the plea. The plea is likely to come up for hearing on June 18. Kansal contended, in the plea, that there is violation of fundamental rights of litigants/ordinary lawyers/members of SCBA as guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution. (IANS)

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