2135
hrs GMT 09/20/13
today
in the evening I took a long walk – four +four = eight kilometers
to nedumangad the small town adjacent in the opposite direction to
trivandrum and back. It is a long time since I had one of those familiar long
distance walks of olden times and every one of my leg muscles are
aching.
All
the same I felt refreshed after tea and snacks.and a bath – cold
water for now, but soon I will have running hot water. I was running
errands and did make a few purchases – it is months since I had
been to nedumangad.
now
a days I go out only when the trip becomes essential like for example
of
yesterday's trip to thiruvananthapuram
– I had exhausted some essential food items and perforce had to replenish the stocks. The cut
down is partly as economy measure ( gasoline here is eighty indian
rupees per litre – when I first brought my enfield bullet in 1986
it was selling at less than seven indian rupees.) and partly to save
time and coax me to do some useful work.
before starting off to trivandrum, I
had made a few calls from my phone and I am sure there were
receptions arranged at many places and the receptionists were in for
disappointment for I never visited a number of places I was expected
to visit.
On
noticeable factor was that there was utter panic all around. I am
not at all surprised. The fact of the matter is that I am closing in
from all directions.
ON
GRACE TIME
An
interesting instance was the lok adalath. I kept my mouth tightly
shut in the face of the torrent from the opposite party's lawyer.
Ultimately the member of the adalath had to caution the opposite
party that she is not supposed to use unparliamentary language in the
adalath ( even when it is directed at jyothi ?
Really ? ) The other member of the lok adalath, a lady, was
looking at me quzzically – I just returned the smile.
Finding
an obliging audience in the madam, the opposite party opened up and
within no time the cat was out of the bag; and I got a decision
completely in my favour.
The
lok adalath is a give and take affair and I was ready to make some
concessions. But thanks to the outburst from the other side I did not
have to give in any thing at all
Ultimately
when the opposite party asked for two months time to comply with the
decision that was granted.
On
second thoughts they changed their mind and asked for three months
time and there again, I agreed.
If
you think you can get rid of me “otherwise” in three months'
time, you are welcome to do so; I am game.
It
is just a question of enforcing law; but no! Some people have no
legal rights.
A
BONER
The
claim that my complaint about the builders was not maintainable was a
boner – or shall I say a “no-boner” ?
The
learned lawyer of the opposite party in his eminent wisdom had quoted a
decision by the national commission in the nonMaintainability plea which goes like this :- “in
the absence of any written agreement/contract mere filing of
affidavit ipso
facto without corroborative
and other supportive material would not constitute sufficient
evidence.”
When
the matter was heard this illiterate imbecile, that is me, just
turned the above ruling back on to the learned lawyer.
You
see, a direct corollary of the above ruling is that corroborative and
other supportive material will do in the absence of a written
agreement / contract! - the logic should be obvious to any student of
IV form B of LBC, MHE ( B means your second
language is malayalam, you are in A division if your second language
is hindi; but if you have chosen french you can be either in A or B –
you alternate every year) but not to everybody else!
The
opposite party was flat on the mat with a heavy thud !
See
if their lawyer had just said that there was no written agreement and
the case is not viable and left it at that I would have been in
trouble – I will have to produce evidence to contradict that. And
where can I, a nincompoop who's communication systems are under the
control of the silliest member of the spy networks or even their
stooges get access to the decisions of the national commission and
such.
So,
I must thank the learned lawyer for the help - though unintentional.
And I shall try to return the favour like say for example when I sue
his clients for criminal breach of trust he can take up that case as
well.
the movie has not yet started ;
THIS IS JUST THE TRAILER.
Many
people got implicated for no rhyme or reason
and
every one of them, for one reason or other,
