The Chief Justice, however, clarified that she would not recuse from hearing the case.
The counsel proceeded to tell the Court that there were “two methods of arguing” the case, one of which, he said, was by simply pointing out aspects of the petition. The other was to read the entire petition and explain the issues, he said.
To this, the bench said,
“No, but you cannot insist the Court to read the entire petition. A counsel knows how to argue. We are not students here that you will explain the petition by reading it.”
The bench made it clear that it will not permit the counsel to keep reading the entire petition itself. Rather, the Court advised the lawyer to “argue the matter in a manner a counsel is supposed to argue.”
The counsel, interrupted the bench saying,
“So, I would expect this bench hears this matter, the way a bench usually hears a matter.”
The bench asked the counsel not to disrespect the court in such a way and come back on the next hearing “fully prepared to argue his case and not read.”
Source: Barandbench
