Judges often make up their mind ahead of hearings, about what their judgment will be. Then they invent legal-sounding reasons for upholding their prejudices. Judges are deaf to oral or written submissions that dont suit their pre-decided judgment... and they routinely change, twist and misrepresent the arguments presented by advocates. Judges frequently leave some crucial material points undecided, by falsely claiming that they were not pressed during arguments. And, if that is not enough, judges bring in their own original arguments -- arguments that were not presented by either side. Judges do all these things with absolute impunity. No one can touch them for these un-judge-like acts. Senior counsels sometimes succeed in dislodging judges from their pre-decided conclusions. That is their unique value in the legal system. However, quite often, senior counsels are also capable of convincing the judges to write a judgment that is contrary to the facts of the case and unsupported by law. And for this capability to bend the law, senior counsels charge crazy amounts of money like Rs 20-30 lakhs for a single hearing.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 01:33:38 +0000
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