Kochi, March 8 -- The Kerala High Court Advocates Association (KHCAA) wrote to chief justice Nitin Jamdar on Friday, demanding an apology from high court justice A Badharudeen in open court for his "insensitive" comments on an advocate who recently lost her husband.
The incident took place on Thursday when the wife of late lawyer Alex M Scaria, Saritha Thomas, appeared before the bench of justice Badharudeen and sought time to take over the cases that were handled by her husband and to update the "vakalath".
"He forced her to argue the case; she was seen weeping in the court. The judge must apologise for his behaviour," advocate MR Nandakumar, secretary of the KHCAA, told reporters.
"The Bar understands that it is human to err and the Ba...