Mixing one's wine may be a mistake
but old and new wisdom mix admirably
for a good cocktail.Now and then we
receive comments from young and old
younger one are practicing law and the
older one are onlookers.Age is no barrier
for evaluation and any comment made
with erudition should receive due attention
irrespective of from where it has come.
I recently heard a very interesting anecdote which is relevant to the scenario prevailing in our courts. Imagine a person from the 19 th century descending on the world this very day. He must be shell shocked to find how technological advancement has changed human lives changing this world for better living.
After a long day of going from one cultural shock to another he then enters a court room. Oh what a relief. Finally somewhere in the world things will be exactly as he saw them in the era of the 19 th century, Advocates donning the suffocating long black robe judges hopping from one bench to another the Bench assembling at 10 30 or 11 AM, adjourning for lunch recess at 1 PM giving adjournments at one's free will and following the British legacy of a long summer holiday.
Will ever things change for the better, and if so, will 22 April give us the much awaited relief.
R.K. VISWANATHAN