Learning from Justice C. K. Buch
Before he was elevated as District Judge, he was practicing as a leading advocate in Junagadh.
At that time, I had also joined District Court Bar.
One day he had told me, "If a two band radio tries to play third band , it cannot..... Same is with all of us..... Some of us are two band radios and some of us are three band radios."
He meant to say that when we compare ourselves others, we should know the difference between them and us also.
Their strengths could be different, their education and upbringing could be different. We should not mindlessly try to copy others.
Later he was elevated as High Court Judge. He had a style of delivering justice with smile. In his court, both sides felt that they have got right justice.
After he retired, he once told me about Stimulus and Response and our object behind response.
When some one provokes us to say or to do something.. This is stimulus.
Then we have a choice to give what type of response we give. We have also a choice to not to give response.
But we should not give response just for sake of giving response. There should be some larger object in our mind. We should know why we are giving Response.
These are some of the important lessons which I learned from him. These have become permanent part of my memory.
Haresh Raichura
14/9/13