JUDGMENT :

R.C. Patnaik, J. - The High Court, the apex Court of the State, is not a mere lifeless edifice of bricks and mortar standing on a parcel of land. It is a living entity--the Bar being its heart and soul; the other adjuncts are its limbs assisting in dispensation of justice.

2. High Court is a temple; its presiding deity is justice. Lawyers are its priests. Rest are votaries discharging their assigned role. Entertaining ah idea of shifting a temple is considered a sacrilege except in exceptional circumstance and when it is unavoidable. Only compelling, cogent and convincing grounds may justify shifting of a temple. But entertaining a desire to shift a temple in a cavaliar fashion or on whim or caprice or to please a group of people is neither wholesome nor desirable. If there be deficiency, cure the same; if it needs improvement or beautification, carry out the same, but desist from acting thoughtlessly.

3. The Bar is not a mere conglomerate of Law Graduates. Its glory is its tradition which is not acquired but grows in course of time, over the ages by the consecrated and dedicated service rendered to the cause of justice by the members by their sweat, toil and tears.

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