The relationship
of the lawyers with the judiciary was described as “the profession of lawyers
is an essential and integral part of judicial system and the lawyers may
figuratively be described as priests in the temple of justice. They have
special interest in preserving the integrity and independence of judicial
system, and if the integrity and independence of judiciary is threatened by any
act of state or any public authority, they would naturally be concerned about
it, because they are equal partners with the Judges,” by their lordship in the
case SP Gupta vs. Union of India, AIR 1982 (SC) 149, popularly known as judges’
case.
In speech
delivered by Mr. Justice Muhammad Ansar Ali said, in the words of Lord Eldon:
“A Lawyer should live like a hermit and work like a horse” and in the words of
Brougham, “A lawyer must know everything of something and something of
everything.”
