A very old advocate who is practising in Supreme Court, since those days, told me this.
Fee of all Senior Advocate used to be same. Standard fees. No one superior, no one was inferior.
Rs.1040/- per appearance in court. Out of this fee, Rs.40/- used to go to his clerk.
If case comes up on next date hearing, fee was automatically reduced to Rs.640/- per appearance in court. Out of this fee, RS.40/- used to go to his clerk.
If after winning a case, if clients used to offer more by way of gift, the senior advocates used to refuse any more than their standard fees.
One such senior advocate was Vishwanath Shashtri.
After one case was won, his client gifted him a car.
He refused car by saying, "Your car is too small. I am too tall for your car."
Haresh Raichura
26/10/13
