Adv. Thushar Nirmal Sarathy, S/o. T.B. Vijayasarathy vs State Of Kerala, Represented By Secretary, Home Department, Government Of Kerala, Government Secretariat, Thiruvanandapuram

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2023 Supreme(Ker) 1063

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN
Adv. Thushar Nirmal Sarathy, S/o. T.B. Vijayasarathy – Appellant
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State Of Kerala, Represented By Secretary, Home Department, Government Of Kerala, Government Secretariat, Thiruvanandapuram – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Adv. Thushar Nirmal Sarathy (Party-In-Person)
For the Respondents: Director General Of Prosecution P. Narayanan, Senior G.P. And Addl. Public Prosecutor Shri. SAJJU. S., Senior G.P.

JUDGMENT :

P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.

This is a writ petition filed by a lawyer stating that he was denied permission by respondent No-3 to get Vakalath, writ petition and affidavit signed by his client, who is a convicted prisoner undergoing life imprisonment at Central Prison, Poojappura.

2. I am astonished to see the pleadings in this writ petition and the grievance of the lawyer. A lawyer is forced to approach this Court to obtain the signature of his client convicted in a criminal case and who is lodged at Central Prison. Usually, it is said that the Bench and Bar are the two sides of the same Coin. On some occasions, the lawyer is part of the judiciary itself. Lawyers are not only helping their clients but are also assisting the Court to arrive at the right conclusion in a lis. Therefore, the lawyers are officers of the Court. When a lawyer is going to prison to meet his client, it is the duty of the officers of the jail to give respect to the lawyer and allow him to do his official/professional duty without any delay. If any unnecessary delay is caused to a lawyer in meeting a client in jail or if there is any unnecessary detention of a lawyer at the gate of a jail, who approaches