Story of Advocate Mr. Bhag-O-Bhag
This is a true story. I met this Advocate in 1995. He was living a District situated between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
He used to practice in District Court, in Gujarat High Court and in Mumbai High Court and in Supreme Court.
He used to travel by train. His calender was full of cases listed in District Court, in Gujarat High Court and in Mumbai High Court and in Supreme Court.
I signed his one case as Advocate on Record in Supreme Court. Then I refused to sign his cases.
He was not doing justice to his clients. There was no orderliness, no law, no proper presentation of facts in his cases. Perhaps he was just duping his clients by filing papers in this and that Court. His clients used to chase him and he used to run from this Court to that Court.
Times are changing now.
Now times are changing. Supreme Court has ruled that each High Court and each District Court can make rules for advocates practising in that Court. This is to protect exploitation of Litigants from such Bhag-O-Bhag Advocates.
Haresh Raichura 13/12/16
