Wednesday, February 7, 2024

City of Lights & (Il)legal vibes (9)

 


Chapter 7

“It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”

-         Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

No matter how hard you try, some wounds never heal. And some humiliations never pass into oblivion. They remain with you. In time, they become a part of you. At times, they try to embitter you. At other times, they try to make you vengeful. You wonder whether in your quest to exact revenge, you are becoming more like the person you always hated. This thought humbles you, once again.

 

But what about the professional ethics? Isn’t it applicable to the so-called noble profession of practising law? Or has the profession lost it’s dignity because of some unworthy practitioners? You wonder.

 

(Note: Section 35(1) of the Advocates Act, 1961, says, “Where on receipt of a complaint or otherwise a State Bar Council has reason to believe that any advocate on its roll has been guilty of professional or other misconduct, it shall refer the case for disposal to its disciplinary committee.)


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