Harish Ragavendra, a wise friend of mine once told me “There is no road to perfection because, perfection perse is a road”
Since the day I joined as litigating junior lawyers in my office, its my 4th day. One of my Seniors asked me to appear (not argue) for 2 cases before Master Court. I managed but in the second case I realised I dint even know for which side I was representing, instead I was repeating before the Judge what my senior had told me. I obviously felt very embarrased.
The next was before the Chief Court itself. It was the writ petition. The Hon'ble Justice could not hear or may be I was not loud enough. The latter sounds plausible. The case was dismissed against us for no representation. Ironically I was very much there before the HOn'ble Justice and repeatedly saying "Yourlordship I am representing the petitioner" and the next thing I hear in chorus from half of the lawyer community present from in the same court to me was "Sir, represent, represent, he is writing the judgment"
SOrry I dint which side to look at, I repeated an another time, and I wanted to add more but I was not heard "audi alterm" my natural justice principle was violated :)(pun intended) and I left the court as a angriest man and just before that Anand, former chairman of Law school of Excellance, Chennai whom I got introduced to through Prof. Vijayakumar, then my professor of Constitutional III, now VIce Chancellor of Universal Law college, chennai, met me and explanined me the whole procedure of representing before the COurt. Then I thanked him and took a leave with no sign of my agitation getting any lessen.
I kept thinking how i messed everyhting whole up.
But it was Harish raghavindra's wise words that brought my cool back
Stunning story machi. The learning process is hard.
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