In 1986, I had just shifted to practice in HC from a District place. I was unsure, insecure and struggling.
One day, as I was coming out from Wash Room of High Court Bar, a rival advocate bullied me and said I should not have shifted to HC.
That evening I felt very bad and remembered God.
Then I wrote a letter to a sitting HC Judge.
Letter began like this : "It is said in GITA that all Glorious and Strong Persons are Parts of God and whoever shall reach to them, shall be deemed to have reached Me... Hence I write this.."
Then I briefly wrote down how I was bullied etc. Nothing more.
After I posted letter, 3 things happened in next 15 days.
1) President of Bar called me and advised me not to write letters to Judges.
2) A Senior Advocate told me that his advocate freind in trial court can offer me a job in his office. I politely declined.
3) Then an advocate came and told me that Vasant Desai was right type of Senior for me. Then he met Vasant Desai and told him that I was the right type of Junior for his office.
Well, it clicked and I joined office of Senior Advocate Vasant J Desai. The name of sitting Judge was Justice D H Shukla. I had never met him. His judgements looked compassionate, hence I had chosen to write to him.
Point 1) : Judges who write judgements with compassion in their hearts, usually have more God in their hearts.
Point 2) When you have a problem and you see no one who can help you, it may help if you let your problem known to few Glorious and Strong Persons.
Haresh Raichura 22/4/2017
