An aspect of the legal profession
All knew, though not many spoke
Is that the side-effects of lockdown
Have made many lawyers go broke.
They weren’t able to leave houses
To their law-offices had no access
The flow of clients just evaporated
Leaving their households in a mess
Those who treasured independence,
In practice found pleasures unalloyed
Wonder if the salaried option was better
Than the burden of being un-employed
Neither Bar leaders nor Associations
Treat law practice as service essential
Resultantly, justice stayed locked down
While we debated ‘Real versus Virtual’
Milords lobby for a total digital switch
Stake holders too actively propagate
With no subsidy for the infrastructure
Court practitioners are in a sorry state.
The sudden unlocking of the courts
Led to an explosion of the desperate
Lawyers and litigants were queuing up
For two hours just to cross the gate
Unlocked practice is unsatisfactory
Justice delivery is still at a standstill
Well-equipped few are urgently heard
Majority have to struggle hard, uphill …
