Hyderabad, Nov. 8 -- The Telangana High Court has struck down adverse remarks a trial court made against a lawyer, after the case record showed he had been present on most hearing dates.

Justice K Lakshman set aside the remarks contained in an August 17 docket order of a junior civil judge at Kushaiguda. "Bench and the Bar have a shared responsibility to uphold the dignity and decorum of the judicial process," the judge said.

The High Court made it clear it was not going into the merits of the dispute. The docket order was set aside only to the extent of the remarks against the plaintiffs' counsel.

What the trial court said

In the August 17 order, the trial judge recorded that over many adjournments, the plaintiffs' counsel had asked ...