The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court granted relief to the Senior Advocate and said the matter should have been resolved in open court. (Image generated using AI)

Observing that heated exchanges between the bar and bench during arguments are not uncommon, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a tribunal order imposing Rs 10,000 in costs on a Senior Advocate without giving him an opportunity to be heard.

A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Kumar and M A Chowdhary said judges should exercise restraint rather than escalate such exchanges into contempt proceedings or impose costs on advocates .

“It is not uncommon that during the course of arguments sometimes there is heated exchanges between the Bar and the Bench.…