JuD chief Hafiz Saeed's lawyer has challenged the use of the term ‘my lord’ to address judges of superior courts and the practice of bowing before them during proceedings.
A.K. Dogar, the counsel for Saeed, filed a petition challenging the practices in the Lahore High Court on Tuesday.
Dogar said para 4 of the presidential order printed in Pakistan Legal Decisions 1981 (Central Statute 231) states: "The use of the expressions 'my lord' and 'your lordship' and the like in relation to a judge shall be discontinued and he shall only be addressed as 'sir' or 'janab-e-wala' or 'janab-e-aali' or referred to in judgments, correspondence or other instruments as ‘Mr Justice’ so and so or the like".
He asked the court to issue directions to the federal and provincial governments, Pakistan Bar Council and Lahore High Court Bar Association to implement the presidential order restraining lawyers from using title of ‘my lord’ for judges and bowing in front of them.