‘If you focus on T20…’ Rohatgi interrupted on SC judge’s statement – Gambhir is my client

When cricket was mentioned in the world of law, the concern about Test cricket emerged in the arguments of the judge and lawyer. Amidst the serious legal cases going on in the Supreme Court, suddenly cricket was mentioned. This light-hearted conversation was between Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi and Justice M.M. Happened between Sundaresh. The context of this was the Indian team’s 0-2 defeat in the recent Test series against South Africa. The conversation started when Rohatgi was referring to the long hearing of a case. Rohatgi mentioned that Justice Sundaresh had once commented that he does not conduct final hearing, to which Justice Sundaresh jokingly said that he never said so.

‘More focus on T20’

But the atmosphere became more interesting when Justice Sundaresh commented on the performance of the Indian cricket team. He said, “See, now you see the performance of the Indian team. When you focus more on T20, one day you will lose Test matches. This comment was directly a strong jibe at the recent decline in India’s Test cricket and the excessive importance being given to the T20 format. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi immediately reacted to this cricketing googly of the judge. Rohatgi interrupted him and said, “My Lord, let me tell you. Let me tell you that the head coach (Gautam Gambhir) is my friend and client.”