May Justice rise someday again for the weak and voiceless

When your client’s rights are violated and undermined, then being silent is to surrender — and to surrender is to die.

Today, I experienced something deeply disturbing inside the court premises—an incident that reflects the painful reality of how easily the rights of the vulnerable are trampled, even by those who have sworn to uphold justice.

Last week, a poor widow contacted me online, crying helplessly. Her husband had passed away years ago, and she had been raising her children alone. A false FIR under Section 377 PPC was lodged against her minor sons, alleging that they committed an unnatural act with another minor in their neighbourhood.

After hearing her, I assured her that if her children were innocent, I would stand by her and fight the case with complete commitment. I immediately secured interim bail, fixed for confirmation on 9th December, and her sons voluntarily surrendered before the Trial Court and joined the investigation.

Today, the matter was fixed for the Section 164 CrPC statement of the alleged 8-year-old victim.

When I reached the court, my client informed me that the complainant’s lawyer—apparently a “senior”—had been abusing them since his arrival, calling them derogatory words in Urdu, including “bayghairat log.”
Even in my presence, he hurled abuses and passed moral judgments.

I intervened respectfully and said:
“Sir, there is not a single piece of evidence against them—not even a medical report".

Instead of reflecting, he aggressively questioned how I could take cases of such “shameless people.”

I replied firmly:
“There is no evidence. They are minors. They are willing to undergo a medical examination. If they are guilty, let the law decide. But they still have a constitutional right to legal representation and defence under Article 10A.”

Hearing this, his tone suddenly changed, and he shifted his stance, saying he “only wanted justice” and that “both children were like his children.”
But the damage had already been done.

This entire episode reminded me of an uncomfortable truth in our profession:

Some senior lawyers proudly defend hardened criminals—because that is the profession, that is the oath.

Yet when they stand on the complainant’s side, they forget that the accused also has rights, even more so when they are minors.

Morality becomes their shield in one case, and law becomes their sword in another.

Our profession has a code of conduct. We have taken an oath. We are duty-bound to defend even the most disliked accused—because justice demands fairness, not emotions.

There's no doubt that, we respect our seniors. We learn from them.
But when the line is crossed, when our clients are abused, when their rights are violated—
staying silent is not respect.
Staying silent is surrender.
And surrender is the death of justice.

I refused to stay silent today. I intervened loudly, firmly, and unapologetically.
And yes—the senior lawyer apologized.

May Justice rise someday again for the weak and voiceless.