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New Delhi: (Special Correspondent) The Supreme Court has said that lawyers should be put to mental and physical fitness test to be prove their eligibility to conduct trial in criminal cases and to ensure that litigants don’t suffer on account of their incompetence. lawyers dealing with criminal cases should have a mantle and physical test so that they can prove that they are worth the case. According to the court, the purpose of this step is to ensure that the clients does not face any problem because of the disqualification of any lawyer.
A bench of Justice J.S.Khehar and Justice A.K.Goel said that the Advocate Act and the relevant rules needed to be reviewed to incorporate a provision for giving fitness certificate to an advocate to appear in court. The court’s observation came while rejecting the plea of the uber rape case accused who sought recall of witnesses on the ground that his lawyer was incompetent.
