Thread by @Hareshraichura

1/ Meeting with REALITY of Legal Profession in India.

It was June 1982. My first day in court. I went in Chief Judicial Magistrate Court to see court proceedings.

There is Prohibition Law in Gujarat since Independance Day.

The poor, who were found drunk are arrested and

2/ are being tried in court of law.

The whole courtroom was crowded and there was a strong smell of alcohol in the air.

The defense counsel was also fully drunk.

Alcohol Smell was coming out from his mouth every time he was making submissions to Judge.

3/ The Judge was fully focused on the case on hand. He chose to ignore that defense counsel was also fully drunk and he was liable to be sent to jail.. The Judge simply ignored the smell.

This was my first day in court. I learned that in this legal profession,

4/ our first lesson should be to learn "WHAT TO IGNORE".

A week later, I met that defense counsel for a cup of tea.

I asked him why he was drinking alcohol when entering in court? I also asked him why he was using F word in every second sentence he spoke.

5/ He said, "I am specialist in Alcohol Drunk Litigants cases. All drunkards like to engage me as their lawyer. If I do not drink before entering in court, they will go away... I use F word in every second sentence I speak, because they like me when I speak in their language !"

6/ Well, my first day in court was great.

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