Avoid addressing me 'Your Lordship' or 'My Lord'; don't use 'obliged', 'grateful': Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of Punjab & Haryana High Court
Several Judges in other High Courts have previously indicated that they have no objection in abandoning the use of colonial-era honorifics when it comes to addressing the Court.
Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of Punjab and Haryana High Court has requested lawyers not to address him as “Your Lordship” or “My Lord” and to refrain from using terms such as “obliged” and “grateful” while arguing cases before him.