25/02/2016
The lost trust factor
By Sayan Banerjee
Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of.” —Bob Vanourek, author of Triple Crown Leadership
We live in a difficult world. a world that is built on trust, that works on trust that has developed and flourished on trust. Trust is something that is gained by our action our virtues. However, it matters the most when we are vulnerable. not all of us are wiz kids who can separate the grain from the chaff. Its so very difficult to do so repeatedly and specially when we have extreme vulnerable situations. we need people whom we can trust.
All of this is good, infact great. But, the original question still remains; how can we trust when we are in a serious vulnerable situation? The only answer is one cant.
The solution is to verify your trust. as Ronald Reagan says “Trust, but verify.”
I was going through this article from Times of India and in a shocking revelation of Bar Council Chairman says, 30% of all the lawyers in India are fake and 20% are practicing without valid degrees in Indian courts.Litigants, rightly so have diminishing returns on their trust levels in Indian courts. This probably is one of the many factors that has today brought a cynical outlooks towards this profession as a whole. The pain while choosing your advocate, whom you believe will take you to get your rights is very high.
Our attempt is to bring this trust back.
PS: For the benefit of the readers I have attached the link and the news article below.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/30-of-lawyers-in-India-are-fake-Bar-Council-chief-says/articleshow/48215119.cms
In a shocking revelation, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has said 30% of all lawyers in India are fake, holding fraudulent law degrees. Speaking at Lawyers Meet-2015, organised by BCI in Chennai on Saturday, Mishra said the council, which is statutorily empowered to discipline errant lawyers and take action against them, was in the process of weeding them out.
In BCI’s estimation, about 20% of lawyers were practising in courts without valid law degrees, he said, adding that a law minister of Delhi himself had a fake law degree. Fake lawyers and non-practising law graduates are degrading quality of the profession, Mishra said. “We will filter bad and non-practising lawyers and remove them from the rolls,” he said. Mishra blamed such lawyers for strikes and boycotts being witnessed in various courts for petty and frivolous issues.
The two-time BCI chairman expressed concern that thousands of fake law certificates are being issued and thousands of lawyers, without proper degree, are practicing in courts and tribunals. He said the council has embarked upon the first ever certificate verification exercise, and every enrolled member’s credentials and documents submitted were being verified. “Our verification rules are being implemented in all states, except Karnataka and Kerala, where it is held up because the high courts have passed interim orders,” Mishra said.
In a shocking revelation, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has said 30% of all lawyers in India are fake, holding fraudulent law degrees. Speaking at Lawyers Meet-2015, organised by BCI in Chennai on Saturday, Mishra said the council, which is statutorily empowered to disciplin…
