The Rohini Court Bar Association (RCBA) issued a notice on Tuesday barring the general public, clerks and litigants from wearing white shirts and black pants on the court premises.

According to the authorities, the decision was taken amid several complaints of touts “falsely representing” themselves as advocates or clerks of advocates and defrauding litigants.

To check the tout menace, the bar body had earlier made it mandatory for clerks of advocates to obtain authorised identity cards to prevent defrauding of litigants.

“It has come to the notice of the executive committee of RCBA, through several respected members of the bar and multiple complaints from the general public and litigants, that a number of touts are falsely representing themselves as official advocates or clerks of advocates. These individuals are misleading and defrauding uneducated litigants under false pretences,” the notice issued on July 15 reads.

“The attire was strictly reserved for lawyers or advocates as a mark of professional identity and dignity of the legal fraternity,” it added.