Justice Sachin Datta then said that he was appalled by the allegation and there could be a conflict of interest in Sankaranarayanan appearing for Moitra in this case.
"I am really appalled. You are a person who is expected to maintain the highest professional standard. If you have been in contact with Defendant No 2..It means you have played the role of a mediator. Do you think you can appear in this matter," the Court asked.
OMFG!! Jai Dehadrai is John Wick on steroids!! Taking down Mahua, the Hiranandani group, SAM and now Gopal Shanks!! But it also shows what a cosy little cabal Lutyens Delhi is!!
He hasn't taken down any of the first 3 yet. However, GShanks was supposed to have known better. Nobody is beyond reproach these days. Caesar doesn't even have mistresses or concubines left, let alone wives.
Can someone explain to me what Gopal is supposed to have done wrong? Don't lawyers negotiate with the other side on behalf of their client to reach a settlement all the time?
Yeah, I didn't get this either...have seen it routinely and not aware that it's frowned on. Under CPC isn't there a provision for mandatory mediation anyway?
Absolutely nothing wrong the way I see it. Jai did not have a lawyer engaged and he is someone who has briefed Gopal earlier. Gopal apparently asked Mahua if he could see if a settlement is possible. So he called Jai, who apparently recorded the conversation. He asked Jai to get back if he thought it was possible and Jai did not. We lawyers do this all the time and it doesn't amount to mediation. Awful of Jai to first keep quiet for years on so-called wrongdoings and then complain after he breaks up. Doubly awful to not even ask Gopal to withdraw but to make it seem like there was a conflict. I stand with Gopal on this.
Jai complained beacuse his dog Henry was forcibly taken also i guess this type of mediation is not sort of allowed in between of case like sort professional misconduct if am right
Cute seeing all the GS fanboys (NLSIU students?) defending him. Guys, please look upon ethics 101. GS is bound by guidelines for Senior Advocates, which prohibit this sort of "mediation".
They are students, hence have no clue about senior advocate designation or practices. Most of them watch Netflix during class hours, and you expect them to know ethics 101?
The level of buffoonery in the comments never ceases to amaze. Per the article, JAD says GS offered a quid pro quo - withdraw the complaint for his dog. The unsaid subtext is pretty clear - coercion not mediation. That must be the reason why the Bench reacted how he did.
Exactly. Just gullible students blindly fanboying over GS (as they do over Mahua). This is the problem with Gen Z. They judge merit by media visibility.
A lawyer can speak to the other side counsel and discuss some settlement is possible. But a lawyer representing one party to a litigation should never speak to a litigant on the other side directly, even to discuss a settlement. And especially a designated senior is not supposed to do so.
That said i know gopal for long, and i doubt he had any malicious intent. He must have done it in good faith and then got sandbagged in court, without realizing he has put himself in an awkward position.
It also reflects very poorly on Jai Dehadrai. He is a fellow professional and should have gently put it to Gopal not to appear in the matter after having tried to mediate in the dispute, rather than acting nasty in court.
I was in Court when this happened. It hasn't been fully reported. When Sachin Datta said he was appalled, Gopal said "Are you going to judge me before I tell you what happened?" Justice Datta kept quiet and then Gopal said "Jai has briefed me in the past and so I know him. I asked my client if I could reach out to him to see if there was a way of settling this and she said ok and so I did. He said he would get back to me and then did not respond till now. There was no mediation."
I think we should ask why Jai had to record this conversation? How can anybody trust him after this if he just randomly records all one off calls?
IMO the videos actually show the reverse. Please note:
- Re video 1, the video clearly looks staged. She is looking into the camera and looks very conscious of the camera. It looks very artificial.
- Re video 2, it similarly looks staged. She says: "Nobody can love anyone the way I love my baccha (Henry)." How curious that she says this when a custody battle is on? Is it just a "coincidence" she said this and the camera "just happened" to be on? No way.
- Re video 1 and video 2, Henry doesn't doesn't lick her even once. That's uncharacteristic for a dog which supposedly loves someone.
"I am really appalled. You are a person who is expected to maintain the highest professional standard. If you have been in contact with Defendant No 2..It means you have played the role of a mediator. Do you think you can appear in this matter," the Court asked.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/mahua-moitra-lawyer-gopal-sankaranarayanan-withdraws-jai-dehradai-delhi-high-court
OMFG!! Jai Dehadrai is John Wick on steroids!! Taking down Mahua, the Hiranandani group, SAM and now Gopal Shanks!! But it also shows what a cosy little cabal Lutyens Delhi is!!
Is he a first-gen lawyer or does he come from a position of power? Has a stupendous practice considering his experience.
That said i know gopal for long, and i doubt he had any malicious intent. He must have done it in good faith and then got sandbagged in court, without realizing he has put himself in an awkward position.
It also reflects very poorly on Jai Dehadrai. He is a fellow professional and should have gently put it to Gopal not to appear in the matter after having tried to mediate in the dispute, rather than acting nasty in court.
Anyways good luck to all of them.
Why? What prohibits them?
I think we should ask why Jai had to record this conversation? How can anybody trust him after this if he just randomly records all one off calls?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/49EjYrOAgdQ
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vb2VMq6Edo4
IMO the videos actually show the reverse. Please note:
- Re video 1, the video clearly looks staged. She is looking into the camera and looks very conscious of the camera. It looks very artificial.
- Re video 2, it similarly looks staged. She says: "Nobody can love anyone the way I love my baccha (Henry)." How curious that she says this when a custody battle is on? Is it just a "coincidence" she said this and the camera "just happened" to be on? No way.
- Re video 1 and video 2, Henry doesn't doesn't lick her even once. That's uncharacteristic for a dog which supposedly loves someone.