CJI: Of course! The tools of the trade of a lawyer are not the judgements. It’s his own culture, the width, the range of his own maturity… you can see the wealth of his inner wisdom… the mass of inner wisdom exuding like an aura. You could see the personality of the lawyer unfolding in the court also. I don’t know how to express my sense of concern about the superficiality of the acquaintance with the fundamental principles of a profession. It is not merely the knowledge of case law, but the beauty of the language. If you see YV Chandrachud’s judgements, (even DY Chandrachud), the felicity of expression… How amazing how they state the constitutional doctrine and method and philosophy through the most perilous periods of time in Indian history. People don’t understand, the House of Lords decides 60 cases a year, the American Supreme Court decides 130 cases a year, the Indian Supreme Court listens to 1000 cases every week!… You can’t imagine the magnitude, the bulk that they carry. It’s not an easy thing
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