‘Highly impossible’ to move higher court due to fees, says Gowda

It is “highly impossible” for an ordinary litigant to go to higher courts seeking justice because of high fees of advocates, Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said on Friday.

“Today, an ordinary man can’t afford to go to the court,” Gowda said after inaugurating Justice VR Krishna Iyer International Mission for Law and Justice here.

“In the subordinate courts, some people can. But if an ordinary citizen wants to engage an advocate in the High Court and the Supreme Court, it is highly impossible. The ordinary litigant cannot bear the fees of the advocate,” he said at the function, which was attended by Kerala Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan and noted Malayalam writer Prof M K Sanu.

The Union Law Minister added that such situation is “quite visible” in the entire country.