Today I just thought about late Shri M.N.Shroff, who was a member of Supreme Court Bar Association. He used to win some office in every election. And he never canvassed directly or indirectly for Vote in his favour.
He had such a good reputation that he used to get elected without trying for votes.
Once I asked him about this. From what we discussed, I could see 3 points which used to help him to win every election without canvassing for votes.
1) It seemed that he had made a point to ATTEND every function or meeting of Bar Association. He was punctual on this aspect. He believed in ATTENDING every function/ meeting of Bar Association. To him, meetings and events of Bar were more important than clients and work.
2) He used to bring a walking stick with him whenever he came to any Bar Function. The walking stick used to make him conspicuous.
3) In every function he will come early and will find a seat near entry gate in such a way that everyone who came in function used to notice him and he used to notice everyone who came.
These were the 3 points which I could see.
Of course he was a great human soul. He had many good qualities. But I thought that these were three points which helped him to win in every SCBA election without canvassing for votes directly or indirectly.
Haresh Raichura 3/10/16
