City Civil Court Field trip
Why do advocates call themselves “Practising Advocates?” In hindsight, no other profession uses the term “Practising.”
The Commerce and Humanities students of Grade 11 got a marvelous answer to this question as they visited the district civil court on 12th July 2022 for an educational trip from CMR National Public School.
The student’s guide, Judge Santhosh Gajanad has been a practicing judge for 13 years and specializes in CBI and crime-related cases. He opened up and eagerly spoke to the students and teachers about his experience with the law, enlightening them with his experience in the field of law.
He explained how the world won’t function without the judicial system, courts, and law and how the world runs on rules and regulations.
“Law is the noblest profession,” he said. Everything in life requires hard work, and so does law and it has its sacrifices.
With a happy smile, he elucidated that the beauty of the system of law is that courts have the power to soothe the lives of people.
Lastly, he said that advocates call themselves practicing advocates because advocates never finish learning law completely and are still comprehending the subtle nuances of the law.
Then, the judge patiently and generously answered all the questions the students had. Even our teachers asked their questions and Mr. Santhosh answered them all with a smile.
The students then got the golden opportunity to visit the various courtrooms to see and observe the court proceedings. They were split into groups of 8 and each group was sent to a different courtroom, spending almost 2 hours in the courtroom.
The groups of students got to observe various cases that involved property disputes, a murder accused’s trial, an attempt to murder, a rape case, etc. One group even saw an arrest warrant being issued.
The students sat in rapt attention as the court proceedings commenced. The concepts they learned in class unfolded in front of them. They had a lot of takeaways from the brief but informative visit to the city civil court.
Sangeeth Gowrishankar
11 – ‘F
