The legal system as it is practiced in reality is heavily against the poor and middle class to a large extent not assured of getting justice. It is very easy to get adjournment after adjournment and delay the process literally till eternity. Every court appearance costs money. So the economically weak are drained of their finances, a way of weakening their resolve to get justice. In 2008 leading lawyers would charge Rs 1 lakh for every appearance in the Su[preme Court. Every briefing session to them by the client was also charged Rs i lakh per session. Today i am told it can go upto Rs 4 lakhs per appearance. How many can afford? Their is rampant corruption in lower courts . Frustrating delays are the order of the day.Very few lawyers have morals. Money is the name of the game.
The legal professional goes by the book is fine but my point is why the professionals do not refuse to take the case which seems to be a false one. The legal professionals can easily understand and catch their client so they have the right to refuse the wrongdoers and in this way they can help the society.
This is the saddest part in the country about our legal profession. I am against those lawyers who know very clearly that their client is a cheat, a murderer, a rapist and what not but they try to put forward a positive image of their client which I feel is anti-society and anti-human. You may counter me that then for every wrong doer there will be no lawyer. I am talking only about those culprits who committed heinous crime, if they get saved that will be a curse on the society and if gets punished then too no punishment will be enough for such criminals. Basically, such criminals should not enjoy any legal help.
I totally agree with you but what happens in such case where a powerful person is the culprit and he/she hires a very successful lawyer while the victim is economically weak and can't afford to hire an influential lawyer then usually it's a lost battle for the innocent person. There comes the point that at certain point of time the legal fraternity must stand up unanimously for the innocent one and force the powerful man to understand that money cannot buy honesty.
Absolutely true! The morality is nowhere to be found in most of the lawyers. The lawyers are usually no one's friend because for them money matters the most. India is comparatively a poor country so there should be a limitation on the fees of the lawyers too or else the innocent people from a financially weaker background would not be able to get legal help. The fees of these lawyers are increasing day by day just like the fees of the private schools in India.
I basically think that every self respecting citizen of the world needs to have a sense of social responsibility. True that the legal professionals need to be more so.. But it seems morals and values have lost to the power of money.
