Thread (1 to 8 ) 1/ A liftman in my chamber building recently committed suicide. We are taught in colleges that Law is considered science of social engineering.
Then can we explain position of law relating to suicide of this liftman ?
2/ He was in his 40th year. He used to salute me everytime I enter and leave lawyers chambers. Like all other lawyers, I also used to give him tips. But then nothing more.
3/ When I heard about his sudden suicide, I first time realised that he too was a human being with emotions. So far I used to see him only as a liftman.
4/ I learned that his wife abused him that he had illicit affairs with some other woman. She can to his place of work and abused him in front of his all other coworkers. She defamed him publicly.
And that night he committed suicide.
5/ The trends in laws in India are pro-women and anti-husband. There may be very few reported judgements of supreme court and high court where emotional turmoils of husbands are discussed.
6/ I wonder how laws could have prevented suicide of the 40 year old liftman who used to salute lawyers everyday.
7/ This suicide has left many questions unanswered in mind. In 40 years, I do not remember even a single case where I have got a judgement in favour of a husband
8/ I dedicate this post that liftman, whose even name I do no know. I never asked him his name!
9/ In Democracy, one person or even few thousand people cannot change laws.
To change laws someone has to knock at the doors of courts with 1) Right Arguments and 2) Righ Compilation of facts and 3) right compilations of previous decisions of various courts.
10/ And apart from courts, someone has to write letters to people at top whose opinions matters to government.
Only a rightly directed, reason based movement, can change biased law enactments.
11/ In childhood, we were told that God will solve our problems.
In adulthood, we are told that the Government will change laws.
And Krishna, said to Arjuna,"You have to fight your own battle. I can only guide you."
You have to choose.
12/ It is unfair to expect that lawyers will fight these battles pro bono.
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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.
2/ 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.)
3/ 2) To learn from a case, you must have access to some actual record of a criminal case.
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.