The observation came while the court was rejecting the plea of the accused in the Uber rape case, who sought recall of witnesses on the ground his lawyer was incompetent.

Society paramount

‘The interest of justice may suffer if the counsel conducting the trial is physically or mentally unfit on account of any disability. The interest of society is paramount and instead of trials being conducted again on account of unfitness of the counsel, reform may appear to be necessary so that such a situation does not arise,’ the court said. Source: The Times of India