Judge and two advocates denied entry into TNCA Club for wearing dhoti

[P.J.]

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Judge and two advocates denied entry into TNCA Club for wearing dhoti


A sitting judge of the Madras High Court, a senior advocate practising in the same court and a lawyer from Madurai were on Friday denied entry into the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Club, venue of a book release function, in Chennai for having come in ‘dhoti.’



Confirming the news over phone, Justice D. Hariparanthaman wondered how a club could prescribe a dress code even for public functions. “The British rulers prescribed dress codes in the clubs started by them. It is very unfortunate that even after Independence, the same dress code is continued in the present clubs and our traditional Indian dress is prohibited,” he said.



The judge was invited for the release of the book ‘Legal Fraternity Embraced Me’ penned by T.S. Arunachalam, former Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. The invitation stated that former Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court P. R. Gokulakrishnan would release the book and former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court V. Ratnam would receive the first copy.


“It had no mention about any dress code but for stating that the function would be held on the TNCA club premises at 5.30 p.m. Therefore, I went there in my official car at 5.25 p.m. and got shocked when the club staff refused to allow me inside because I was wearing a ‘veshti.’ I tried to reason out that I had not come to attend a private function of the club. Yet, I was turned away,” he added.


Stating that senior advocate R. Gandhi and Madurai-based lawyer G.R. Swaminathan were also not allowed inside the club for the same reason, he said: “This only reminds me of the treatment meted out even to a legendry figure like former Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer, who was denied entry in the 1980s into the Gymkhana Club. Then, he wrote a note of protest in the guest book.”


Judge and two advocates denied entry into TNCA Club for wearing dhoti - The Hindu

 

[prasad1]

That is embarrassing to say the least.
Even in USA, in a formal occasion like Governor's inauguration, we have gone in Shervani & sari.

 

[vgane]

There are a couple of such clubs in Chennai who follow the white man's tradition! Shame on such clubs!

 

[P.J.]

சென்னை : தனியார் கிளப்புகளில் வேட்டிக்கு தடை விதித்தது கடும் கண்டனத்துக்குரியது என்று கூறிய முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா, சட்டத்தை மீறி வேட்டிக்கு தடை விதித்தால் கிளப்புகளின் உரிமம் ரத்து செய்யப்படும் என்று எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளார்.


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[V.Balasubramani]

There are a couple of such clubs in Chennai who follow the white man's tradition! Shame on such clubs!

Sir,

In courts, judges are being addressed in a respectable and dignified manner as “my lord”, “Your lordship”, or “your hounour”.

Only very recently the Supreme Court made it not mandatory to call judges as “my lord”, “Your lordship”, or “your hounour”.

I think this way of addressing the Judges is still in practice in Courts.

Though we got freedom in 1947, some of the rules framed before Independence, are still practiced without any change.

 

[V.Balasubramani]

வேட்டிக்கு அனுமதி மறுத்த வழக்கு: சட்டமன்றம்தான் தலையிட முடியும் என ஐகோர்ட் கருத்து

சென்னை: சட்டமன்றம்தான் தனியார் கிளப் விவகாரத்தில் தலையிட தகுதியான அமைப்பு என்று கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ள சென்னை உயர் நீதிமன்றம், வேட்டி விவகாரம் குறித்த வழக்கை வேறு அமர்வுக்கு மாற்றம் செய்து உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

சென்னை குரோம்பேட்டையைச் சேர்ந்த வழக்கறிஞர் கார்த்திக் என்பவர் உயர் நீதிமன்றத்தில் பொது நல மனுவில், "கடந்த 11ஆம் தேதி தமிழ்நாடு கிரிக்கெட் சங்க கிளப்பில் முன்னாள் நீதிபதி அருணாசலம் எழுதிய நூல் ஒன்றின் வெளியீட்டு விழா நடைபெற்றது. அந்த விழாவில் பங்கேற்கச் சென்ற உயர் நீதிமன்ற நீதிபதி அரி பரந்தாமன் வேட்டி அணிந்து சென்றுள்ளார்.

நீதிபதி வேட்டி அணிந்திருந்தார் என்பதற்காக, அந்த கிரிக்கெட் சங்க கிளப்புக்குள் செல்ல அவருக்கு அனுமதி மறுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது, தனி மனித சுதந்திரத்தில் தலையிடுவதாக உள்ளதுடன், தமிழர்களின் பாரம்பரிய உடையான வேட்டியை அணிந்து சென்ற நீதிபதி மற்றும் வழக்கறிஞர்களை தடுத்தவர்கள் மீது உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும்.

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[vgane]

The excuse given by the TNCA was really funny..They said that there could be wardrobe malfunctions in case Dhoti is allowed as persons who get drunk can loose their cool & it could be a Vetti Apaharan??

Incidentally but for a few real Tamil lovers how many of us wear the Dhoti outside...In Chennai, may be..

Outside Tamil Nadu, in other cities(Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi etc) very few Tamils wear the Vetti

But as far as having such a rule in TN clubs speaks of the Western hegemony on all matters concerning the natives that includes the dress!

 

[Brahmanyan]

Judge and two advocates denied entry into TNCA Club for wearing dhoti.

The decision of the High Court is correct. Private institutions have right to have their own rules.I have seen special instructions printed at the bottom of many invitations specifying the guest to wear formal or informal dress.
However in this particular incident it seems that the invitees have not been informed in advance about the dress regulation by the organizers of the function, which is a lapse of etiquette on their part.

At one time during the British regime we had strict dress regulations in all our institutions both private and public. During my father's time they have to wear caps and coats from elementary school level. Both my Grand fathers were in Government Revenue Service (one Dy. Collector and the other Tahsildar) From the photographs I could see that both were wearing turbans and black "Alpaca coats" and "Pancha kacha veshti" . Almost all institutions had their own dress regulations.But we left one by one during the passing of time. Judicial services have strict dress codes."An advocate should appear in court at all times only in the dress prescribed under the Bar Council of India Rules and his appearance should always be presentable." Similarly Judges have their own regulation dresses..


Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[vgane]