'Lower Your Pitch!': CJI DY Chandrachud Warns Lawyer In RG Kar Rape-Murder Case

The CJI pulled up Advocate Kaustav Bagchi, while hearing the case for raising his voice in the court and asked him to lower his pitch.

"Are you addressing the judges or the gallery outside the court?" CJI Chandrachud asked the counsel.

Source : PTI

The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday while hearing the suo motu case in the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital warned a lawyer against playing to the gallary outside the court and asked him to watch his  the pitch while speaking in the court.

The CJI pulled up Advocate Kaustav Bagchi, while hearing the case for raising his voice in the court and asked him to lower his pitch.

"Are you addressing the judges or the gallery outside the court?" CJI asked the counsel.

A three-judge bench comprising CJI Chandrachud, Justice Manoj Misra and Justice JB Pardiwala heard the case today and directed the CBI to file another status report by next Tuesday.

During the hearing, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the state of West Bengal said he had videos and photographs to show that the said counsel (Advocate Kaustav Bagchi) was throwing stones at a protest over the August 9 incident at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

While replying to Sibal's claims, Bagchi asked how a senior counsel can make such statements in court.

The CJI then asked Bagchi if he was trying to address the gallery outside the court.

"I have been noticing your demeanour for the last two hours...can you first lower your pitch? Listen to the Chief Justice, lower your pitch! You are addressing three judges in front of you, not the large audience who is watching these proceedings on the video conferencing platform," the CJI remarked.

Advocate Bagchi who is also a BJP leader, then apologised to the court.

The Trinamool Congress shared the video of the same report on its X account, and said that "what else can we expect from a loudmouth half-time advocate, full-time BJP worker."

"Don't raise your voice. Lower your pitch. You’re addressing three judges in front of you, not the crowd watching over video conferencing." But what else can we expect from a loudmouth half-time advocate, full-time @BJP4India karyakarta

@koustavcp who thinks courtroom decorum can be bulldozed like everything else under their rule? Today, the Hon’ble Chief Justice rightfully pulled him up for his misconduct," X post by the ruling party in West Bengal said.