I saw that they were busy playing video games and snap chats on mobiles even in court rooms.
I saw that they had short spans of attention and they were hardly paying attention to arguments going on in Supreme Court.
Supreme Court is a great court of India, presided by best judges.
It is a rare privilege to hear how they were weighing each word spoken in court.
I saw that they were missing in court manners and court craft.
Since yesterday, my these views are changing.
Probably, 5 years ago, some great judges and senior advocates, made several attempts to improve legal education in India. Bar Council of India did a great job by taking several pull up measures.
Perhaps all this is now paying dividends.
I noticed following good points which are required to be highly appreciated.
1) They are hard working when they are really working. They focus totally on what they are doing.
2) They have good command on vocabulary. They address judges with right legal vocabulary.
3) They are computer savvy. Here, they beat old generation of Senior Advocates.
Judges all over world have a weakness. If you show them a similar judgement where facts were similar, and law was exactly laid down as you argue, then they are highly impressed.
The young generation had edge in these computer skills.
They search out and come up with latest precedent matching exact facts and law.
This is due to their computer skills which old generation of lawyers in India lack.
Here, they prove better than even Senior Advocates.
4) What they lack is, perhaps, experience of knowing which argument is to be made first and which last.
But this is not so much important. When you are armed with a right kind of law and judgement, the judge will certainly go by law, and not by your standing at Bar.
Age of an advocate makes no difference to a judge.
THE POINT
What follows is this.
If you have legal case, you do not need to go to most expensive and most senior lawyers.
Do not get impressed by wooden walls and air conditioned offices of famous lawyers.
First, try and discuss your case with some fresh Young Generation Advocate. The legal education has improved a lot in last 5 years in India.
You may be impressed by new talents.
Haresh Raichura
9/10/2014
THE POINT
What follows is this.
If you have legal case, you do not need to go to most expensive and most senior lawyers.
Do not get impressed by wooden walls and air conditioned offices of famous lawyers.
First, try and discuss your case with some fresh Young Generation Advocate. The legal education has improved a lot in last 5 years in India.
You may be impressed by new talents.
Haresh Raichura
9/10/2014