Revival - A possible Thing?
Revival – A possible Thing? It was old Madras, Pre Independence Era. Barristers and greatest Lawyers had their reign over Madras High Court at that time. Judges like Muthuswami Iyer adorned the adjudicating Position. It was probably the Glorious era of Indian Judiciary. A suit for damages filed by one Chettiyar ( I have forgotten his name) against Madras Tramways Company. Probably the quantum of compensation was very high and hence the suit was filed under the original civil jurisdiction of letters Patent of Madras High court. The case of the plaintiff was that the were some cracks occurred in his house due to the jolting caused by Tramways which was owned by the defendant company namely Madras Tramway Company Ltd., The defendant company has engaged Barrister Nugent Grant, a great cross Examiner, for defending the suit. The case was posted before the Master and Chief Examination of PW1 was recorded. At that time Chief Examinat...