I saw

this on TV.

And a holier than thou prosecution lawyer taking potshots at the defence lawyer. It seems like legitimate moral outrage.

Yeah, if you'd objected to the line of questioning, and the judge let things go and refused to cut the defence counsel down, you'd have a point. Our judges reflect our prejudices and our world views. It needs to change, yes, yes.

Oh, and then I read this.

Meena Jagtab, Ms Eldridge’s lawyer, said that the judge stood by while Mr Tiku’s lawyer humiliated her client at a court hearing on September 14, at which Ms Jagtab was not present.


Why is nobody asking her why she wasn't present when her client, an individual likely to be completely at sea in court, was being cross examined?


Somebody ask that question please? 


Oh and, the comment at the end of that Times article is strange. I wasn't aware that we claimed Britishness of any nature when convenient. Sheesh. No wonder people laugh at you when you're in this country. Racist shmucks.


Update: Bleh. It appears I was wrong about the advocate. Not my fault. Its poor drafting. Apparently the lawyer who was sounding pious was engaged later, and it was the lawyer first appointed who wasn't in court.

Now

I can't stand the LST lot.

Far from providing a service, I think what they do is counterproductive to the legal fraternity. Enabling people looking for belowmentioned jobs to get in, lessening the value of real interest in the profession. Lessening the number of students likely to actually make government investment in legal education actually worthwhile.

People should really stop setting up more and more national law schools. The government law colleges could use the attention, and they're more likely to achieve long term aims.

Bleh.

I digress. Anyway, I think the LST bunch are a set of leeches. Smart businesspersons, but leeches. Exploiting the inadequacies of the system. No more.

But.

But but but

I have been reading this of late. To stay optimistic. It helps.

http://www.lawentrance.com/embarkingonacareerinlitigation.htm

DAMMIT

EVERY OTHER DAY THERE'S SOME GODDAMN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT HOW THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT FOR INDIAN LAW STUDENTS.

AND HOW THEY DRAW SUCH HUGE SALARIES, AND ITS THEIR DREAM COME TRUE, AND ITS A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN AN MBA AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.

HOW IN THE HELL DO I LIVE THROUGH THIS?

ITS BAD ENOUGH I PLOD ALONG HOPING SOMEDAY TO MAKE IT.

FOR EVERYBODY AROUND ME TO TELL ME I MADE BAD CHOICES IS TOO FUCKING MUCH.

THEY'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR BLOODY THREE YEARS NOW.

GOD.

WE'LL SEE.

"I'M LIVING IN A CONSTANT "WHY COULDN'T YOU BE LIKE THEM?" EXISTENCE"

WELL I CAN'T.

THIS IS WHAT I AM. I CAN'T HELP IT.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4975565.cms

ITS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. WRITE SOMETHING IN THE BLOODY PAPER ABOUT THOSE KIDS WHO DARED TO DREAM. WHO DARED TO THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT AT A PLACE THAT REALLY NEEDED THEM MORE THAN ANY OTHER. WHO'RE MORE THAN LIKELY TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. OR QUIT. 

WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS COUNTRY NEEDS ITS FRIGGIN YOUTH. THEY DON'T NEED EM WORKING FOR THOSE PLACES. THEY NEED EM HERE. WHERE I'M AT.

SOME PEOPLE DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS IN LAW SCHOOL, TO DO THAT. THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD PUT TO USE ALL THEY'D LEARNED, OR ATLEAST TRY. THAT NOTHING MADE THEM HAPPIER THAN TO APPLY ALL THAT THEY'D LEARNT.

THEY JUST MIGHT NOT AT THE TIME, HAVE NOTED ALL THE HIDDEN SACRIFICES. ALL THAT MUST BE GIVEN UP. THEY MAY HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENTLY. BUT THEN AGAIN, WHO KNEW I'D MEET YOU?

THERE IS NOTHING NEWSWORTHY OR FABULOUS ABOUT GETTING YOUR "DREAM JOB" OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, BEING PAID 30 LAKHS TO PUSH PAPER. STOP PEDDLING THESE DREAMS TO MY PARENTS. ITS BLOODY EVIL.

MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'LL MAKE ME REGRET NOT TAKING THAT ICICI BANK JOB. IT HASN'T COME TO THAT YET. DEAR GOD. MONEY IS EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE.

Bleh.

There be no time to blog.

There be no time for anything.

It annoys.

There be no time to write about ...uhhhhh appropriating documents from government records without their permission.

There be no time to write about greasing palms for abovementioned privileges.

Sigh. There be no time to do anything. I need to sort out my days. This style of functioning sucks.

Even if it does get results.

I'm "dependable". Yessir.

Good dog.

Bah

When you see all your hard work go into this never ending black hole called "experience" and "knowledge" maybe you'll think like me.

Its absolutely heartbreaking.

Its end of the month pittance payment time.

Take a deep breath at the end of the month, and tell yourself that you need to keep at it for months on end, and then judge things. At the end of a year take a deep breath, and tell yourself that you need to keep at it for years, and then judge things.

Sigh.

If I last that long.

I also haven't the time. Is my life really only going to start when I'm too old to do anything about it?If at all it starts. Am I to lose so much? And for what?

But what's to be done? Que sera sera.

Such a shiver down the spine it sends.