In the wake of the Attorney General's consent to contempt of Court proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra over the latter's tweets on the Supreme Court which the AG had opined were contemptuous, RAJU Z MORAY pens a poem to say that going ahead with the contempt case against Kamra will be a waste of precious judicial time, and the system will have to pay the price for it..———.Among the many fires to stoke.The one that rouses an old man.Is the telling of a Supreme Joke.As only a stand-up comic can.Humorists don't dress up wounds.They love to rub some salt in.Thus funny tales are remembered.After boring judgments are forgotten.The greatest of all our freedoms.A freedom which cannot be bought.Is the freedom to voice our feelings.To tweet an irreverent thought.When Milords develop allergies.Forget what it is to be a sport.There is a multitude itching to say.Honour has indeed left the court.A busy old man is bombarded.By a flood of requests to sue.To save himself from drowning.He says do what you want to do!.The authorised ones are happy.Anticipating moments of glory.The alleged contemnor is smiling.He has a platform to tell his story!.To protect the majesty of the law.Precious judicial time will be lost.An anchor will scream his head off.And the system will bear the cost...(Raju Z Moray is an advocate who practices law in the Bombay High Court when not puncturing bloated egos. He is the creator of 'Gobble D. Gook', his alter-ego, who figured in the 'Court Jester' columns of 'The Lawyers'.)
