Chapter 4
“The only stable state is
the one in which all men are equal before the law.”
-
Aristotle
February, 2023
It was a period of fear,
of uncertainty. On the one hand, it had become clear that it was impossible to
get justice from the lower court. On the other, there was some apparent
difficulty in the way of appealing to the High Court of Calcutta. Finding no other
way out, I wrote two letters to the Chairman of the Sub-Divisional Legal
Services Committee of Aloknagri. The Additional District Judge is the
ex-officio Chairman of the SDLSC. In the first letter, I requested for an
advocate to plead for me in the case against me. The second letter was for an
amicable settlement of the dispute. The Chairman, consequently, appointed a
lawyer, but the said lawyer didn’t receive the appointment letter. In the
second case, also, the proposal for the amicable settlement of the dispute was
rejected by both the Civil and Criminal Bars.
(Note: The Legal
Services Authorities Act, 1987 has been framed to provide free and competent
legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that
opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of
economic or other disabilities.)
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