Modi has lawyers for lunch - reincarnation of Gandhi!
THE Bar Council of India had its Golden Jubilee Celebrations recently in Ahmedabad's hi-tech Mahatma Mandir Convention Centre., which was attended by many Supreme Court judges, High Court Judges, politicians and over 7000 lawyers from several parts of the country.
The Star attraction was however Gujarat CM and PM (hopefully) in waiting Narendra Modi.
Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra could not contain himself and he declared, "Mahatma Gandhi's soul has reincarnated as Narendra Modi. 'Iron Man' Sardar Patel has taken birth again here in the land of Gujarat."
A Supreme Court Judge who addressed the BCI meeting later said, "members of the Bar Council of India (BCI) should be strong enough to take action but not behave in a way to please electoral politics".
Parting Shot: At the closing ceremony, BCI announced that the State Government has not only allowed Mahatma Mandir to be used without rent for the event, but also sponsored free food for the 7000-odd lawyers who attended the Meet!
Justice Chalameswar of the Supreme Court, speaking on the occasion said that we (Law fraternity) had only ourselves to blame for the fall in standards in the profession (bar and bench) as we are solely responsible and we cannot blame the Government or any politician.
Don't lawyers know economics - that there is no free lunch?