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Apr 22 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Thread on need for lawyers and lawstudents to participate in public debates

1/ If you are a lawyer or law student, I can say,

"Vasant J Desai, my senior, used to say, 'Contribution of thoughts is the greatest contribution one can make to mankind'

#lawyers #lawstudents
2/ You can contribute your own thoughts on social media on any platform..

It may also improve your verbal expressions and presentation writing skills.

#lawyer #law #socialmedia #lawstudents
3/ It can also improve your arguments in courts.

Expressing one's thoughts, coherently, in a string of words is a skill required in legal profession..

There need to be an order and a subtle curtsey to opposite side, in whatever we may say.

#lawyers #lawstudents
4/ It does not matter whether you have 10 followers or 10000 followers.

If you have clarity, you can tag office of Law Minister. You can also use appropriate hastag to reach issues and people.

Initially, people may ignore you.
#law #lawyers #lawschool #lawstdents #lawtwitter
5/ Gandhiji had a rule to write only about things he personally knew or experienced.

This rule protects us from writing about things "We do not know".

Writing on basis of piecemeal material presented by others, can lead us away from Truth
#lawyers #lawstudents #law #lawschool
6/ Then there is constructive writing and destructive writing.

The path finders write constructively.

They talk about new paths and solutions which are "doable" in existing system and can be done with support of people who matters.

#law #lawyers

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Apr 24
Thread "How to argue in court" - an easy to understand explanation to day to day Court Language.

1) First learn, "What is a Statement and how to make a statement to open an argument in a court.

a) "Defendant is fraud" This is your opinion. This is not

#lawyers #lawstudents
2/ a Statement for purpose of argument.

b) "Defendant has cheated me." This is again, your opinion. This is not a Statement for purpose of argument.

c) "Defendant cheated me of 50 lakh rupees by giving promise of giving a flat". This can do. The Judge

#lawyers #lawstudebt
3/ can understand what is your problem.

Judge can then ask you, "Why do you say so? What is your basis for saying so?"

Now here you are supposed to answer with some evidence (documents or other things) from which it is obvious that you might be speaking truth.

#law #lawyers
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Apr 22
Thread on story of lawyers, cobblers, tailors and rise of pro-poor political parties

1. 50 years ago, cobblers were seen outside every court. They used to sew and polish boots of lawyers.

Then machines came which made boots for lawyers. Machines also came to replace
#lawyers
2/ boot polishing work. Now they have almost disappeared..

The tailors used to have a shop in every street. They used to sew coats for lawyers.

Machine made clothes and coats came. And the tailors too disappeared.
I do not know where they went and

#lawyers #lawstudents #law
3/ how they may be maintaining their families.

Then there are talks that robots have been invented which can replace lawyers.

I am not sure where lawyers will go and how will they maintain their families.

In the meantime, movies and TV shows taught

#lawyers #lawstudents
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Apr 22
Thread on "Citing Reportable and Unreportable Decisions of Superior Courts after explosion of Internet Law Reporting Software which give a unique citation reference to each judgement."

1) There was a time when lawyers used to cite SCR a govt publication in arguments.

#lawyers
2/ Then came a period when lawyers begin to cite SCC (And AIR) a private publication in arguments in courts.

Then many other publications came, like Judgement Today, SCALE, and several other weekly and daily reports came and they used to be cited..

Then internet came.
#lawyers
3/ After internet came, many software's like Manupatra etc came.

Lawyers begin to take print outs and the print outs were cited as judgements.

Many times, these print outs used to print name of lawyer who is licensed to use this law software.

#lawyers #lawstudents
#courts
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Apr 16
Thread on "How NOT to open arguments in courts?"

1) These are my personal views. There are no hard and fast rules.

Every judge can react differently even if the opening statement of an argument is same.

Use your own discretion, experience and wisdom.
#lawstudents #law
2) Do not open arguments by saying that "This is a legal aid matter".

This irks most judges. You are indirectly saying to judge that 'I am obliging this poor person by taking this case, kindly be sympathetic to this litigant*.

Judge may be already knowing that this was a
3/ legal aid case. I have found that judges do not like these kind of opening lines.

Also don't begin by saying that "On last date, in this case such and such Senior Advocate had appeared and.... "

Judges do not like to be influenced in this way.
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Apr 15
For Law Students and lawyers : Scope of Pillory Punishments

1/ In middle ages, a wooden plate was fixed around neck and hands of a convict, in such a that he can look like a walking banner. The hands were so fixed in wooden plate that he cannot eat or drink with his own hands.
2/ Then the convict was allowed to move in the town with wooden plate in his neck and hands.

This had dettent effact on people and there used to be less crime (Perhaps).

There are however provisions that

In present times, such punishments are not prescribed in law
3/ That certain crimes can be allowed to be compromised only with permission of Judge only.

This gives some powers to invent some new types of punishments to a Judge..

It was in news some years ago, that a political person was forgiven by judge only if he filed an undertaking
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Apr 15
Thread: For Law Students : How to select law books for reading.

1/ This is basically about how I used to select law books for study.

My past experience may not be suitable for present times.

You should select books the way it can work for you in present times.

My aim was
2/ not to "score high marks in exams for getting good jobs"

If I could clear the exam, it was enough for me.

I used to search for good books in Sunday Markets of old books.

I had some kind of allergy to books suggested by college and books that were available in college
3/ libraries. In those days I used to hear that colleges used to get commissions for buying or recommending books of certain law publishers.

So I used to search for good books in old book markets.

I had understood importance of English grammer, comprehension books. So I had
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