Sometime damages are self-inflicted! The recent roadside clash between a law enforcer and a law interpreter was similar of that nature. A lady Advocate, who went to safeguard interest of her Daughter – a 4th year Law Student from the alleged abuse of the Traffic Cop, inflicted injuries self. Undoubtedly, a very unfortunate incident that she could have avoided, but it appeared from the video, which went viral in the media, that she was literally driven by her emotions, but not by her wisdom, and caused injuries on her own!
Undeniably, man is made up of blood and flesh, emotion is his inseparable quality. But wisdom has to prevail at certain stage!
I have gone through 40 pages Order, dated: 18 June 2021, of Justice Dhandapani of Madras High Court in Crl. O.P. No. 10387/2021, except a few remarks [that he probably borrowed from Prosecution and / or from the Sessions Court’s Order] against the erring Advocate, the Order was well authored, neatly worded and speaks out loudly soul of the noble profession – Advocate.
The Judge literally completed a Trial of sort in the Anticipatory Bail Petition. He went through the evidences placed before the Court and also the Order of the Sessions Court – how latter arrived at conclusion to dismiss the AB and all those things were discussed in it elaborately.
Otherwise, what have been ignored or having unheard by majority of us, the lady Advocate seems to have caught in similar episode during Elections check. The Police have portrayed her conduct of flouting law and order on the strength of her Advocate tag and this seems to have been incorporated by the Sessions Court in its Order and High Court too pointed it in its Order.
Finally, the Student Daughter was granted AB while Mother’s bail plea was dismissed. And now the option lies to the Mother to approach Trial Court and seek regular bail. No problem she will get that one.
The High Court completely disregarded the offence which was said to have been committed by the Daughter and the Judge overwhelmingly argued in favour of her and called on the Police to be judicious while framing cases against Students and youngsters, if not, the High Court observed, it will only encourage them to get into murky tricks. The Daughter’s case in this Crime Number [192/2021 on the files of G7 Chetpet Police Station] can be quashed easily with the aid of this Order. As the Order was very vocal on she wasn’t committing any crime and in fact it was true. Her role came to an end when she called her Mom after receipt of a Challan for hers lockdown violation, the Court said.
Sometime damages are inflicted on us by the very people who comes to our rescue!
And in this case, what one may comprehend from the High Court’s Order was, that a Supreme Court Advocate, who was not Counsel on Record yet appeared in the Sessions Court’s virtual hearing [but not appeared in HC hearing], circulated an audio wherein he condemned the Court as biased, overstepped, leaning towards Police, unbecoming of a judge, etc., etc., and those version of the Advocate was considered by the Court as contumacious, HC felt.
Perhaps, it might be his gut feeling, by such contaminated words only he would render justice to his fellow advocate, and he would thus fed the social media by such lawless diet and had done more damages what was naturally calming down and going in her favour! It is pertinent to mention here that HC literally took two days to decide on the AB. Had the SC Advocate would not have caused tremors by his uncalled for imputation in between, our guess is that the damages [on her] could be a very limited one!
Now the Court has directed the HC Registry to issue Contempt Notice against this SC Advocate.