November 25, 2018

One thing which pains in heart of every law student, lawyer and Judge :- Whenever a politician brazenly breaks order of court or verbally attacks courts, his political popularity increases and he

One thing which pains in heart of every law student, lawyer and Judge :- Whenever a politician brazenly  breaks order of court or verbally attacks courts, his political popularity increases and he is soon elected with majority votes by people.

An Analysis : This shows that 1) there is deep resentment towards courts, lawyers and judges in heart of people 2) but they do not speak against courts, lawyers and judges because of fear of contempt of court laws.

Two Suggested solutions :

(1) Resentment in heart of people cannot be removed by logic or by force. Rohde Island Judge Frank Caprio has shown a way. Search on You Tube "Rohde Island Judge" and you will see a series of videos which have gone viral on social media. Each video has effect of removing resentment from heart of people. If such videos are made in India, they can remove resentment of people.

(2) Recently a Gujarat court punished three politicians that for one month, they will keep sweeping local civil hospital. And at their expanses complete video of their sweeping will be made. A CD of these video shall be daily deposited in evening with Civil Surgeon of Hospital.

I believe that such measures can remove resentment from heart of people of India.

October 30, 2018

When we write an article on any topic of law,lfirst thing we should consider is from whom we are writing for.

If we are writing to educate people, then our language should be simple. Use of technical words should be avoided so far as possible.

If we are writing for professional colleagues, then the words and the phrases we use should be specific. The statements we make should be authentic and, preferably references for verification should be given.

If we are writing for law students and new junior lawyers, then our words should inspire and motivate them for study of deeper aspects of law.

The point is, "Mind your audience" while writing any article on any topic of law.

October 17, 2018

In a Society where there is no checking on Ethics of Legal Profession, the lawyers who follow ethics are bound to suffer and lawyers who follow no ethics are bound to prosper.

Please note that "Misconduct" and "Standards of Ethics" are two different things. For checking "Misconduct" of a lawyer, there are provisions in Advocates Act. But there are no provisions for checking "Standards of Ethics"

Unless "Professional Ethics Boards" are set up separately, there is no way to upgrade standards of Ethics. Such Boards should consist of Panels of Senior Advocates and Retired Supreme Court and High Court Judges.". The boards need not have any powers to punish any lawyer.

It is enough if they have powers "To receive complaints", "Power to call for explanation from erring lawyers" and "Power to make recommendations to authorities already set up under Advocates Act."

At present, in India, it seems that much needs to be done.