A letter on behalf of young lawyers to Hon'ble Law Minister Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Request to amend Advocates Fees Act to guarantee MINIMUM WAGES to young lawyers having practice of less than 2 Years.

Hon'ble Sir,

I live on an imaginary faith that all Glorious and Strong Persons are Parts of God. I believe that if any man expresses his wishes before such a person, his wishes are fulfilled by God as per nature and strength of that person.

Since you are a Glorious and Strong Person, I humbly express my wishes as under.

Young lawyers having less than 2 years practice find it very difficult to get clients and unless they are coming from affluent families, they have to starve. This convention in the legal fraternity,  also prevents them from settling in marriage.

They do a lot of legwork for their Seniors, but they are paid less than minimum wages which are prescribed for skilled workers.

Most of these young people love BJP and Shri Narendra Modiji.

I wonder if you have any friends in the Law Ministry who can examine if Advocates Fees Act can be amended to assure payment of minimum wages.

I have no other strong friends in India except you. I think that there is no one else in India who can take interest in this matter.

Thanking you,

Yours Humbly

Haresh A Raichura
Advocate (Who was a starving young lawyer between 1982 to 1986)
22nd May, 2023

(Suggestion to young lawyers : If you feel so, you too can copy, paste, email, post this or similar letter, under your signature,  to Hon'ble Law Minister. You can also request your WhatsApp Group friends to do the same. We need to come together to reform the system.

A short Story: A senior lawyer and a young advocate were crossing a river in a boat."Sir, I want to learn the law practice in your chamber." said the young advocate.

A short Story: A senior lawyer and a young advocate were crossing a river in a boat.

"Sir, I want to learn the law practice under you" said the young advocate. 

Then he added details about his suitability. He said he had interned under many prestigious law firms. He had best law degree from a highly prestigious law college. He had knowledge of elite laws like Arbitration, Contracts, Corporates etc. Then he added that  he had learned soft skills like communications, Microsoft, Google docs etc. Then he said he is a highly motivated person who is willing to do hard work. Then he said he does not want any remuneration. He said that he just wanted to learn in Senior's  chamber so that he can become a very big and rich advocate. And then he said many more things about his ambitions, his leadership skills and bla, bla, bla. 

The Senior lawyer did not look impressed. 

Then the Senior lawyer said, "None of what you said is of any interest to me. Whatever you are is saying for you, of you and by you.... But tell me one thing, do you know how to swim in this river?"

"What do you mean ?" asked the puzzled junior lawyer. 

Their boat was now in the middle of river. 

The Senior said, "Because there is a hole in this boat and this boat is soon going to sink. If you do not know swimming, there is no one who can save you".

The junior saw that there was water at the bottom of the boat. And the water was increasing rapidly. 

The Junior asked, "Sir, tell me what you mean by the word "swimming". And also tell me how can I learn to swim".

The Senior said, "Swimming means, "Ability to make people interested in you. To learn this skill, you may like to read Dale Carnegie's book, 'How to win friends and influence people' and Peter Kyne's book "Go Getter". You should read these two books as if they are your college text books. And then you should apply principles of these books in your real life  And then you can meet me after three months."

(Story to be continues after three months)

(c) Haresh Raichura 20th May 2023

How to Use WhatsApp Chat in Family Court Disputes ?

In present times, before a dispute starts between a Husband and Wife lots of WhatsApp chat have taken place between the two. 

As per Evidence Act, a WhatsApp chat is a "Document" and it can be proved in court, like any other documents. 

Evidence Act Sec.3 (2) (c) says that the document (WhatsApp chat) that says that a person said something is evidence and the courts can relied upon. 

The person who received such chat can also prove that he received this chat form a WhatsApp account used by husband or wife. 

Since these are electronic evidences, it is also necessary to prove that the chat has not been tempered with by anyone. 

If someone has destroyed WhatsApp chat from mobile then screen shots can be proved as secondary evidence. 

And person who has deleberately deleted chat with a view of destroying evidence can be charged with offense of destroying evidence. 

In cases of disappearing messages, screenshots can be used as secondary evidence. 

(C) Haresh Raichura,  19th May 2023