President's Response to Mr. P. P. Rao, Sr.

Adv:
Respected Mr. Rao,
Namaskar!
I write this email in response to your email addressed to Ms Bhati. First,
Sir, I thank you for your positive affirmation that the Bar must get proper
treatment and respect from the Bench. I am glad that you also feel the
same way as we do in the Executive Committee and every Member of the
Association does.
But the second part of your message is, with respects, disappointing. You
have been the Leader of this great Bar and of all the persons, you know
the acute needs of the Bar in terms of basic infrastructural facilities. I truly
wish that instead of reminding us of our duties and obligations, which I
humbly submit are totally irrelevant, you Sir, had reminded the Hon'ble
Chief Justice and the Court officials of their duties and obligations towards
the Bar and it's Members. Your stature is such that you could have easily
prevailed upon them to see the harsh reality in absence of decent
facilities. You have and can meet the Hon'ble Chief Justice to bring about
Just solution to this vexed problem.
You have been kept informed of each of these burning issues, including
Designation of Seniors by the Court. I too have discussed them with you
and you have always kindly offered me your ear and advise. So what
prevented you Sir to do it this time for the Bar? Instead of this wise
counsel to us, you could have picked up the phone and talked to the
Hon'ble Chief Justice to sort out the issues. So why did you not, is very
perplexing.
Afterall, you also feel for the Bar and would desire to help it, I would
assume. I must put it on record that many Senior Advocates met me in
last two days and some of them advised me to avoid confrontation with
Judiciary. But I regret to inform that not one of them offered to use his or
her good offices to resolve the impasse by offering to tell the Hon'ble
Chief Justice to be kind to the Bar and offer the facilities. Why this
approach I wonder?
Sir, I must add that My Executive Committee and I, love this Nation as
much as you all do. We intend to celebrate Independence Day and Law
Day, as in the past. But we will do it as a proud Bar, without the august
presence of the dignitaries.

It is well known at the Bar that problems faced by Non Seniors are very
different from those faced by Seniors, if at all Seniors face any problem.
Sir, this struggle is not personal. It is for those thousands of Lawyers who
cannot fight for their dignity and rights. I also have no quarrel with Hon'ble
CJI, nor other Hon'ble Judges and certainly have no "personal scores "to
settle. I must say I enjoy affection and warmth from each of them and I
respect each of them too from the bottom of my heart. But as the
President, I owe a lot to the distinguished Members of the Bar and I intend
to fulfill my commitments to them fully, without fear and favour.
I, therefore, sincerely appeal to you Sir, to see the matter from the
perspectives of this vast multitude of the Bar and not from the prism of a
Senior alone. I respect you a lot and I know you have lot of regards for me
too. Sir, please lend me and my Executive Committee your strength and
stature in this avoidable, but forced upon Struggle of the Bar.
With
Dushyant Dave, President, SCBA

Respects,