Barfly

Ain’t it just the way? The only thing that’s come out of the Rohini district court in months is a circular issued by its Building Management Committee, headed by judges Pradeep Chadda and Yogesh Khanna.

Tensions run high, and patience wears thin in the city's district courts as its lawyers’ bar strike for the quick-smart implementation of enhanced jurisdiction for lower courts stretches on (now until 6 May).

Night vision cameras and high mast lights, men patrolling the gates day and night. No, it’s not the latest edition of Hunger Games, but could be the future of Tis Hazari court complex soon enough.

The final instalment of Delhi Barfly’s catalogue of Delhi district court animals concludes with The Bootlegger and The Instigators.

After last week’s anthropological exploration of The Living Room Lawyer and the Eternal Junior, Delhi Barfly finds Mister Information and the Curious Onlooker.

Delhi Barfly goes anthropological, and describes some of the lawyers you’ll meet in Delhi’s colourful district courts ecosystem.

Six women sit huddled in one corner of the administration room in Patiala House court complex, surrounded by a sea of smiling men.

Delhi court staff crib about government-run dispensaries that stock little else but Paracetamol in this time of mucus and mouth-breathing, coupled with apathetic doctors.