THE JUDGE AND THE SPARROW
‘Are We Left With No Standards?’
Judge asked counsel
Hearing a matter of national importance.
The counsel looked at one another
Then looked at clients
Then looked to the ground
To search for an answer
Which was not there!
In the evening when sky grew darker
TV and Media flashed the question
Across the sky and puzzled the nation.
In the morning when Sun rose again
Millions opened newspapers
And searched their souls
To look for an answer.
They asked themselves:
‘What are our standards?’
‘Where are they?’
‘Which are they?’
Days and months passed
Judge looked sad
His question no one answered!
Perhaps he asked too big a question
The judge mused.
Just then a little sparrow Came from nowhere
And answered his question!
‘Sir, we do have standards!
Our judges and lawyers Are of very high standard!
Unparalleled in the world!’
‘They are our standards.’
‘They are our last hopes
To live in a nation
Which has misplaced its standards.’
Said the little sparrow.
(From book, Tomato Soup For Judges And Lawyers)
Inspired by overhearing a court question
asked by then Chief Justice of India Justice S.P.Bharucha
‘Are We Left With No Standards?’
Judge asked counsel
Hearing a matter of national importance.
The counsel looked at one another
Then looked at clients
Then looked to the ground
To search for an answer
Which was not there!
In the evening when sky grew darker
TV and Media flashed the question
Across the sky and puzzled the nation.
In the morning when Sun rose again
Millions opened newspapers
And searched their souls
To look for an answer.
They asked themselves:
‘What are our standards?’
‘Where are they?’
‘Which are they?’
Days and months passed
Judge looked sad
His question no one answered!
Perhaps he asked too big a question
The judge mused.
Just then a little sparrow Came from nowhere
And answered his question!
‘Sir, we do have standards!
Our judges and lawyers Are of very high standard!
Unparalleled in the world!’
‘They are our standards.’
‘They are our last hopes
To live in a nation
Which has misplaced its standards.’
Said the little sparrow.
(From book, Tomato Soup For Judges And Lawyers)
Inspired by overhearing a court question
asked by then Chief Justice of India Justice S.P.Bharucha
