Today I am Posting
the copy of My Humble Response to Honorable Judge.
And also the copy of
response of Honroable Judge. and my original Letter ( for those who have not read my earlier posts).
My letters to more
than 100 Judges of Supreme court and High court of Punjab was
posted as “Is Judiciary not Answerable “
on 29th April 2014 .Response
of the Honorable Judge was published on 6th May 2014
Honorable Justice Kannan
Thanks for your kind and
fast response to my concern regarding Legal doctors shying away from their own
medicine. Yours is the only response. When I asked my friends in high court to
guess it ,they made no mistake.
When
honest and efficient people in an institution can be counted on the fingers, i think it is serious. If left
undiscussed it will have serious repercussions for the honorable living of the
honest in future generations.
Court
of Justice Kannan had always been a temple of justice for me which I always
like to visit for a moment whenever I am in high court. It is always
reassuring.
I
am aware of the efforts done by some judges in high court to raise the bar by
holding courts on Saturdays. But it is very tough for these great men to grow
in mediocrity.
My
response was not to this particular strike but to raise more fundamental
questions with Bar, but they have chosen to ignore it. But my effort to
understand the justice system keeps on. I am studying ‘Trial’ and parable of
the’ doorkeeper at the gate of law’ by Kafka.
I
feel that there is a fight between Virus(guilty) and patient (innocent) as two clients of the
lawyers, and it is the effort of the legal eagles hired by the Virus to let the Virus never come under the microscope of the Judge by getting dates.
I
think we should raise questions on every institution as that is the only way to
have feedback for improvement in the working of systems . Being a student of
system dynamics I dared to respond to a question by Sh. Pawan Bansal on what is
wrong with the system (copy attached)
If
you get time please see two of my videos on you tube by just typing on Google
“Tribute to jaspal Bhatti by K K Garg “and learning from Kalpana Chawla –
Tribute by K K garg” I have raised certain questions in these. Both have been my
students.
Men
like you will always keep the light of hope in the hearts of AAm Admi.
Regards
Prof.
K K garg
Response of Honorable Judge
K.Kannan Dated :March 21,2013
Judge ( Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh)
Dear Professor Garg
.y ,
l I notice that you have written letters to several
persons in judicial And administrative hierarchy. The incident has evidently hurt you that an institution of justice is applying different yardsticks to
different persons this response is no attempt
To bring any justification for any actions but an observation on an aspect which may?
Have missed your notice.
When the lawyers were holding the Courts to ransom by boycott
any
attempt to quell its continuance and abort any further inconvenience
to the public
was exigent.
It is similar as in industrial environment where
the
management holds Parleys with striking workers. You do not break the workers' spines. You mend them. The order quashing FIR was, on a peaceful settlement between two persons that came in
conflict.
A compromise even in criminal
cases is an acceptable
legislative safety pill That recognizes plea bargaining. The Court did what was appropriate.
Mediocrity
in performance abounds every public space in
India, in
Universities amongst
students and amongst the teaching community as
well; amidst
Professionals
that adopt unethical practices; amongst the brightest chartered
Accountants
who
manipulate
and fudge accounts. It is
difficult not to
be cynical in the prevailing scenario
We will not
change the world by
expecting other people to
change at a macro
level.
Change happens at
an individual
level
by constantly raising one's
own bar for improved
performance
and better conduct.
Wishing you all
the best,
Sincerely,
CK .Kannan
My Original Letter to more than
100 Judges of Supreme Court
and High Court of Punjab and top
activist lawyers and Bar association High Court Punjab Office bearers
Background
Few months back some top lawyers of Punjab and Haryana High court
had beaten up a policeman on security check duty at the high court entrance.
FIR was filed against those lawyers. But instead of challenging that FIR in
court of Law, all lawyers of the high court went on strike and protested on the
streets of Chandigarh and in front of the governor house. And the FIR was cancelled
.Their protest had Won. But did the keepers of justice, did Justice?
It raised certain questions in my mind. I raised those questions
in my letter to more than 100 honourable judges of the Punjab and Haryana high
Court, Judges of Supreme Court of India, Bar association, and top activist
lawyers of High court.
But I received reply from only one honourable judge of Punjab and
Haryana high court.
I am sharing with you the questions I raised in my Letter.
Copy of the Letter to Honourable judges-:
The recent strike by the advocates gave me a feeling of being
cheated (in the form of yet another ‘date’) as a child waiting for his turn to
get the medicine when the ‘Doctor’ suddenly closed his shop (Clinic of Justice)
when he saw that ‘his own child’ is also in the same queue and the doctor,
knowing well the truth of his medicine, dared not to give ‘his own child’ the
same medicine which he has been prescribing since freedom of the nation.
This strike has raised many bitter questions:
1.
Have the members of the Bar ever advised any victim of a FIR that he should get
it quashed by using muscle power of his own tribe or have they ever advised him
to have faith in the law and engage him as a lawyer?
2.
That the lawyers have no faith in the system.
3.
Long back I asked two legal luminaries “why lawyers help each other on getting
adjournments” One of the luminaries stated that it is a matter of ‘Legal
Ethics’ and other said it is ‘Mutual Conspiracy’.
4.
Are you aware that there are lawyers who get the stay by misinforming the court
and then keep on getting adjournments till the subject matter becomes
infructuous and then both the lawyers suddenly appear in the court as if they
were waiting for that day. What should we call it?
5.
Does the court judgment depend on-?
a) Merit
b) Face and Fee of the Lawyer
c) Mood of the Judge
6.
Do you know that there are lawyers who encourage people to file false criminal
cases (lodge false FIRs) and when police refuses to oblige them they file a
case in court where they being in the control of things can manage and get
everything decided in their favour?
7.
Does it mean that in order to get an FIR (false or otherwise) stayed or
quashed, in future, one has to use muscle power of his tribe, the way it has
been amply demonstrated by the hon’ble Bar and equally encouraged by the
Hon’ble Bench, which was headed by none other than the Hon’ble Chief Justice of
this Hon’ble Court.
8.
How can the court be discriminatory and selective that for the cases of other
clients (who have paid lawyers heavy fee) do not get any stay but for their own
fraternity case the DB of the Hon’ble Chief Justice and stayed the FIR?
9.
In fact, I was just thinking of bringing this unfortunate incident to the
notice of the All India Bar council so that they may advise the members of the
Punjab and Haryana Bar Association ‘to have faith in the justice system of
India’ but to my utter shock I read in the newspapers that they had not only
supported the lawlessness of the Punjab and Haryana Bar but also advised the
advocates across whole of India to follow in the footsteps of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court Bar Association.
10. As a
door which opens only once in a year should it be called a ‘wall’
similarly a ‘Nayalya’ which keeps on giving ‘Tareekhs’ should be
called a ‘Tareekhalya’.
11. Above
revelations give me an impression that the injustice that ‘Aam Admi’ is getting
in India is not only because of the Hon’ble Judges but also hugely because of
the role played by the hon’ble members of the Bar who are our own brothers,
uncles, nephews, etc.
12. Will the
hon’ble BAR discuss debate, argue and enlighten the ‘Aam Admi’ as to how the
system can be made just and fair for him?
13. As a
patient approaches the doctor for his physical injuries he approaches the
‘Clinic of Justice’ for not only physical injuries but also for emotional
injuries. Can a doctor take full fee in advance for the surgery which he may
never do on his patient and keep on giving dates in future till the patient
dies without the doctor having to return the fee?
Important- This is not a Satire or in Lighter vein
Most humbly daring ‘Aam Admi’,
Meekly yours,
Prof. K K Garg
PEC Campus
Sector 12, Chandigarh
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