New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Tuesday speaking to lawyers recalled how as a young lawyer a client gifted him a saree in lieu of his legal fee. The Chief Justice while speaking at the felicitation ceremony of the newly registered advocate-on-record (AoR) recalled that he had appeared as a lawyer for a very important politician and he was very happy with him “as to how the case was handled by a junior like me”.
The Chief Justice, narrating the incident to the lawyers, said, “I was staying in a small flat in Som Vihar and the politician appeared at my door. The politician presented a nice saree to my mother”. Justice Chandrachud said when he went to the office the next morning, the senior told him that this was the fee — the saree. The Chief Justice said, “I was so disappointed how a junior cannot be appreciated and later on I came to know that this was really the fee…..”.
