"Show me the Rule that this car parking is reserved for you?"- Lawyer challenged Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
This is a story from pre partition days of India. Name of this lawyer was K.L.Gauba.
He was practising in Bombay High Court. The parking for cars of lawyers and cars of
Judges were separate.
One day, he came early and parked his car right in the parking slot reserved for Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
He refused to move his car unless Rules were shown that this parking slot was reserved for Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
He was right. There were no rules. Legally, no one can remove his car without his permission.
Thereafter Rules were framed by Bombay High Court for parking slots for Judges and lawyers.
Those were days of great lawyers and great judges who believed in rule of law.
Today, any one can put signboard on gate of his house saying "No Parking Here".
Some have also put signboards that "No parking here. If parked, air will be taken out from car tyres".
These are signboards which are not based on Rules.
But no one challenges. We do not believe much in Rule of Law. Or do we?
-Haresh Raichura
3/10/13
