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1/ Thread (8) Young Lawyers who want to learn Criminal Law without help of any guide or mentor, may consider following points.

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1) Criminal law is a "Tacit Knowledge" (Knowledge that is learned by doing a task. Just like learning to ride on a bicycle. Here the whole body learns the skill when a job is actually being done.)

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2) To learn from a case, you must have access to some actual record of a criminal case.

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1/ (7) Young lawyers often feel stuck in their career. They may try following exercise.

This exercise is called "20 Sentence Completion Exercise"

2/ Write, "I feel stuck in my life because ........ ".

Then complete this sentence 20 times. This will take out all worries from your mind and will put them on paper where you can see them.

3/ Then write, "I feel unstuck because .....".

Now, complete this sentence 20 times.

Here are some examples which have guided me :

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1/ (6)Young lawyers who do not like Criminal Law, may consider following points.

Crimes happen in morning.
Crimes happen in Afternoon.
Crimes happen in evening..
Crimes happen during nights.

2/ Rich people commit crimes.
Poor people commit crimes.
Middle class people commit crimes.

Crimes happen in posh colonies.
Crimes happen in slums.

3/ Crimes happen in winter.
Crimes happen in summer.
Crimes happen in monsoon.

In criminal law you need to master only three laws.

In criminal law you need to read judgements on only three laws.

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1/ (5)Young lawyers may find it helpful to keep a "Chronicle of Mistakes".

In young age, we are bound to make mistakes. After a hearing is over, we have lots of second thoughts on what we could have done differently to win the case.

2/ But by then, the bus has left. We feel sorry and guilty.

Following point can be remembered to reduce stress of discovering our own mistakes.

3/ "It is okay to be wrong. It is okay to commit mistakes. I showed up and I tried. And that is what it matters. "

It helps to keep a Chronicle of mistakes or a Learning Journal, to record what we could have done differently.

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1/ (4)Young lawyers need to be clear about their fee policies.

I hear lots of juniors who complain that clients exploit them and pay them very low fees.

Following point can be remembered to reduce stress of being paid low fees.

2/ "Fee is not always in cash. It can also be rewards of other kinds".

Since 1982, my fee policy is :

"Whatever you can pay. You should be comfortable. And I should also be comfortable. You should not expect me to spend from my own pocket".

3/ My definition of "My being Comfortable" kept changing upward as my clients base grew.

Let me know if this suggestion is helpful and practical.

(c) Haresh Raichura 10th February.2023.

#lawyers #law #lawstudents #lawschool #lawyerlife

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Bar & Bench - Live Threads

#SupremeCourt to continue hearing bail plea of Ashish Mishra, prime accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which 8 protestors were mowed down by a vehicle.

Matter before bench of Justices Surya Kant and JK Maheshwari.

#SupremeCourtofIndia #ashishmishra #law #bail

UP AAG Garima Parshad: So far as 220 FIRs, bail rejected of four accused by trial court and now pending before HC.

#SupremeCourtofIndia #ashishmishra #law #bail

UP AAG: 2 accused had died on the spot but named as accused

Justice Kant: so there are 8 accused including Ashish Mishra and all in custody. Other 4 are also in custody

Sr Adv Rohatgi: In the FIR under Section 219 we are in custody, there were cross FIRs

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#SupremeCourt to deliver verdict plea by CBI seeking cancellation of bail to Erra Gangi Reddy in connection with the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case.

Justice MR Shah to pronounce the order on behalf of himself and Justice CT Ravikumar.

#CBI #law

Verdict to be pronounced shortly.

#SupremeCourt

Order: Having heard ld counsel, short question is if bail can be cancelled after presentation of chargesheet when it was granted for not filing it within 90 days.

#SupremeCourt

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#SupremeCourt to continue hearing curative petition filed by the Union
government regarding compensation for families of victims affected by the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy.

#SupremeCourtofIndia #BhopalGasTragedy #law #compensation

Matter to be heard by a Constitution Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.

Read our story on yesterday's hearing: shorturl.at/cHX14

Hearing starts.

AG R Venkataramani: Tried to go back to the events. Might be a little emotive today. Yesterday I may have been unable to persuade the court to re-examine.

SC: Nobody doubts the enormity of the tragedy. There are some assessments about liability

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#SupremeCourt Constitution bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to hear pleas regarding compensation paid to Bhopal Gas tragedy victims.

Court to consider if impleading applicant NGOs could be of assistance.

#law #Bhopal #Constitution #SupremeCourtofIndia @karunanundy

Bench assembles.

AG R Venkataramani: I have filed the joint compilation as per Lordships' directions. The IAs for condoning delay have also been placed.

SC: That is alright. But Mr Attorney, at some point, these are curative.

#SupremeCourt

SC: There cannot be fresh documents in a curative.

AG: No no, not like that. In order to collect certain documents.

SC: The settlement has arrived at a particular stage of time. 10-20 years later can we open it up again on the basis of some fresh documents?

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#SupremeCourt bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud to hear pleas seeking implementation of police reforms directed in Prakash Singh judgment, including one about appointment of Nagaland DGP.

#police #law #SupremeCourtofIndia

Adv: UPSC Panel was given to State of Nagaland. The state then issued a notification on Jan 6 appointing the person who was empanelled

CJI: So the UPSC gave a panel of only one name?

Adv: Yes

CJI: Where is IPS A Sunil Acharya posted?

#Supremecourt

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John B Nevin

@JohnBNevin

🧵🏦 The Brunson Case - Supreme Court #law #atty

Rayland J. Brunson
v.
Alma S. Adams

Docket:
supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

On the question of accountability of elected representatives for failing to uphold Constitutional electoral duty.

Summary of the case below. More links at the end.

😀👍

"This action is against 388 federal officers...[including Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Pence] [who] have taken... Oath to support and defend the Constitution...against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and as such they are liable for consequences when they violate the Oath of Office."

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Andrew Erickson 艾立信

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@iandenisjohnson

Honored to be cited by @iandenisjohnson @NewYorker:
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"Andrew Erickson, a professor @NavalWarCollege & a visiting professor at @Harvard, said he’s seen no evidence that #China..."

For further background, see: sites.harvard.edu/coexistence/
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...wants to reciprocate, citing #China’s refusal to discuss meaningful arms control. “I don’t see a basis for deep coöperation” with #Xi’s China, Erickson said. “I’m sad to say that.”

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KEY: In what areas is the #PRC under Xi willing to accommodate the US?

@Harvard

•To make the first move in doing so?
•Can anyone name one specific example?

Moreover, in the #PRC under #Xi, is there anything like an equivalent to this high-profile conference @Harvard, w a concluding panel on the subject of “Toward Coexistence 2.0: What Should #CHINA Do?”

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