High court fired on journalist for dress

Hyderabad, March 31: Indians will wear different dresses according to a different kind of occasion, and at some special places dress code is must and should, a journalist in Mumbai wore jeans and T-shirt and was observed in High Court.

While hearing a petition challenging the recent doctors' strike in Mumbai, judges at the Bombay High Court noticed that a journalist from a national newspaper came to cover the court in a pair of jeans and T-shirt.

They frowned and voiced displeasure over journalists covering court proceedings in such clothes and demanded to know if it was "Bombay culture".

Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni pointed at him and asked, "How can journalists come to court wearing jeans and T-shirt?" Justice Chellur then turned to the counsel for Mumbai civic body SS Pakele and asked him if there was any dress code for journalists.

When Mr. Pakale said there was no such code, she wanted to know if wearing such attire to court was appreciated.

The court, however, did not pass any direction or guidelines on the clothes journalists should wear while covering court proceedings. This was the first time when a high court objected to the clothes worn by journalists.