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Before The Bench

Workshop # 17

My lord, I have come from afar,
To seek justice and follow my star,
Yet my lawyers keep hounding me in jail,
Demanding money to plead my bail!

I’ve six children and a termagant for wife,
Whose burdens are awesome and shorten my life,
So from home and spouse I’ve run away, es
And am appearing before you to grant me say!

What prospects do I have at this age?
When every bone in my body cries with rage,
At being enmeshed in the grips of the Law,
Surrounded by legal crows that around me caw!

Have some care for this contrite young man,
And proceed with his case as fast as you can,
Before he loses face with his village folks,
Who will come out to pelt him with egg yolks!

The Law is an expensive farce I must claim,
Yet the Bench will not accept any blame,
For the sorry state of justice in this land,
With judges meting out punishment with an iron hand!

The parasites that appear before this court,
Are not fit for defending the meanest tort!
For lesser folks litigation is an unending woe,
So stop this nonsense, this crazy legal show!

Am I to blame for my counsel’s sloth?
Which has reduced me to wearing sackcloth,
His arguments are only meant to please judges,
From this fixed stance he never budges!

My Lord, let me reiterate once more,
Before the bailiff shows me the jail door,
Failure of justice in this land is a national loss,
As the best courts turn green with ivy and moss! 


 Workshop # 17 

 Act! Oh, Goddess of Justice! by G. Venkatesh   
 Advocacy by Dr. Raj Vatsya   

 Against All Odds by Shernaz Wadia   

 Animal Farm Again by T. A. Ramesh   

 Before The Bench by Kamal Wadhwa   

 Blind Justice Symbolism by Rajha Rajesuwari Subhramanium   

 Blind to Hypocrisy by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai   

 Can Justice Reach India’s Toiling Masses? by Dr. Uddipan Mukherjee   

 Coomaraswamy’s Last Stand by Kamal Wadhwa   

 Encounter by Shernaz Wadia   

 Give Humanity A Chance by Rupradha Mookerjee   

 Gizzards by Afanwi Stella   

 How Long, Oh Goddess of Justice! by Dr. Kumarendra Mallick   

 In A World of Big Lies... by N. S. Murty   

 In Defense of A Committed Judiciary by Kamal Wadhwa   

 In(Justice) by Ramesh Anand   

 Is Justice Blind? by Nikhil Sharda   

 Is Justice Humane? by Shibsankar Bagchi   

 Is the Statue of Lady Justice Relevant in India Today? by Ganesh Joshi   

 Just Justice by Dr. Madhavi Godavarthy   

 Justice Delayed: Justice Denied by Bharat B. Trivedi   

 Justice Delivered by Janaki Janar   

 Justice for All by Mukesh Williams   

 Justice in Adversarial System by Dr. Raj Vatsya   

 Justitia Versus Justice by Ramesh Anand   

 Lady Justice by Ramesh Anand   

 Lady Justice’s a Pretty Nice Girl by Dipankar Dasgupta   

 Lost is Our Humanity by Rupradha Mookerjee   

 Miss Justice, a Villanelle by Steve Talbert   

 Mother Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   

 On Her Blindness by G Swaminathan   

 Order by Dr. Raj Vatsya   

 Reform or Perish by Rajinder Puri   

 Reforming India’s Judiciary by Rajinder Puri   

 Rejoice! by Pavalamani Pragasam   

 Righteousness is Divine ... by Deepak Yadav   

 Self-realization through Internal Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   

 Shall We? (Tyburn) by Ramesh Anand   

 She Laughs at It! (Senryu) by Ramesh Anand   

 Strength of a Woman by Yogita Tripathi   

 The Lady Justice's Lament by Ramesh Anand   

 The Lady of Justice by Supriya Bhandari   

 The Origins Of Justice by Gaurang Bhatt, MD   

 The President's Pardon by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai   

 The Public Prosecutor by Kamal Wadhwa   

 The Social Base by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi   

 Universal Justice (NONET) by Ramesh Anand   

 Whatsoever (Limerick) by Ramesh Anand   

 Who Am I? by Dr. Shirisha Dabiru   

 Why? by Pavalamani Pragasam   

25-Sep-2010

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