BAD DAYS FOR LAWYERS

BAD DAYS FOR LAWYERS

Please think, how Govt and judiciary both kicked out advocates from their profession. The District Court lawyers are mostly effected.
Eearlier the poor new advocates ( who had no brief ) could earn a good amount from traffic challans, misc works and affidavit works. Around 1995 all Traffic challans goes to traffic courts, which were mostly situated very far from main court building. Magisterial Affidavit works were fixed to the area SDM courts, situated in deferent parts of Delhi. Earlier it could be attested by any SDM and two SDMs were sitting in Patiala House. Court marriage etc. became online. And SDM does not like advocates interference in marriage registrations. All court Orders became online etc. etc. So, earning from certified copies, misc. works traffic challans, affidavits etc. are reduced for junior lawyers.

Private buses and private Transporters are almost removed from Delhi with several pretexts (issues of unleaded petrol, CNG, 15 yrs old Veh. etc.). Factories, small scale industries are already removed in the name of pollution. Poor people were washed out at the time of commonwealth game, then by Metro rail corporation. Registration of FIR became reduced to keep the DATA clean in police record. Most of the cases are settled in police station or suffered for no registration of FIR. False cases like illegal possession of Knife or illegal possession of liquor are stopped in Delhi since the time of police commissioner Mr. Daddwal. Now there is no such case in Delhi. Mobile theft pick-picketers are there but rarely any cases registering. Now media is strongly effects indirectly on our legal systems. So, Delhi became crime free zone. There are few types of cases like cheque bouncing, matrimonial disputes, cheating, assault and 70% false rape cases. Boom of cheque bouncing cases by Banks have been gone.
There are many other factors also, like development in Judiciary with plea bargaining, mediation, Lok-adalat and many other directions like DAR in MACT case, no arrest in 498A, etc. So MACT advocates are almost finished. Bail matters are burgeoning matters in Electricity Act, 420 IPC and few other cases. Even otherwise as a general practice of Court, the Bail is Jail otherwise no Jail. Advocates has no answer to satisfy their client.

In bifurcation advocated are effected badly. Whole works were distributed from Tis Hazari to Rohini, Patiala House to Dwarka and again to Saket, causing end number of losses in their income i.e. 75% approximately.

There is no remedy and nobody raises voice. Since 1879 there is no amendment on Pleaders fees in Delhi High Courts rule. Advocates Act itself against the Advocates and there is no amendment since the British period. On the other hand, BCA is going to impost cost against Advocates in many issues. In many occasions, a lawyer has to spend whole day to attend single case at evidence stage. So attending other court became impossible.

Students spends 15 to 20 Lacks to complete their LL.B, with lot of HOPES. but this is the reality in Delhi.

What the BAR Associations doing on these issues?

Or the Bar association takes higher rent from the Canteens, resulted poor quality of food by hire price. Otherwise poor and new advocates may get good food in low cost, like other staff canteens. Where does the new & poor advocates go?

Asit Roy, Advocate