S128 How a Letter to a Sitting Judge of High Court, helped me to get placement under a Senior Advocate.

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

S-123 Role of Investigative Advocacy in India

Role of Investigative Advocacy in India

Sometimes an advocate needs evidences to prove case of his clients. The clients are often not in position to collect these evidences.

Here the Advocate may also need help of private detective agencies to collect evidences which can be then produced in court. Sometimes the private detective can be cited as witness also.

But for many reasons, this concept of Investigative Advocacy is still not very popular in legal works in India.

S-124 Many times Lawyers do work without being paid. Pay Off

Many times Lawyers do work without being paid.

Here, they search for FOUR  Type of Pay Offs from such unpaid work.

1) Will I feel sense of achievement by doing this work?

2) Will I feel more connected with people if I do this work?

3) Will I receive some kind of Recognisition if I do this work?

4) Will I learn something new if I do this work?

If answer of any of these four question comes in YES, then they often feel rewarded even if they are not paid.

Many years ago, I still remember, this talk. Outside Court No.3 in Supreme Court, a senior advocate criticised me for doing many cases where either no fees were paid or if fees were paid, they were too low..

I merely smiled in reply.

After some months, Chambers were alloted. I got a chamber as I had done many cases. But that Senior Advocate was denied Chamber on ground that his cases were few.

There is a Law of Compensation  in Universe.

The point is : Even when a lawyer does a work without being paid, he does get some sort of pay off.

Haresh Raichura 17/4/2017