When there was Jury system in India, eloquence mattered. But after abolition of Jury system, it matters little whether a person is introvert or extrovert.

In most courts, arguments are by way of conversation. Judges put a question to you and you have to answer that question. Introvert people have no difficulty in answering questions.

Extrovert people are more outgoing and they have more contacts. This is their advantage.

On the other hand, introvert people prefer to stay in library and read cases and case laws. They may be therefore more prepared. This is their advantage.

I am myself an introvert person. I prefer to avoid social parties and instead I prefer to read books and caselaw digests.

When I joined a district court bar, one advocate said to another, “He can’t even speak. How will he succeed in advocacy?”.

After four years, when I had shifted to High Court, the President of District Court bar called a meeting in my honour and introduced me as Pride of Bar and then he suddenly asked me to give a speech. I was not prepared. I just said, “Thank You”, and sat down.

Being introvert has not come in my way in advocacy.

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🤔 Is it possible to add Psychotherapy to present Court Mediation Centres dealing with disputes of married couples?

Recently Supreme Court underlined magic benefits of mediations in one case reported in 2018(7) SCALE 288 Meena versus Bhargav.

It noted that Egoist attitudes and acrimony between parties were dissolved during Mediation process.

Same thing has been stated few years back by great psychotherapist Irvin Yalom in his Award Winning novel “When Nietzsche Wept”.

It says that “Talking itself is a therapy and it heals emotional wounds”.

To my mind only difference between Mediation and Psychotherapy is number of sessions. Mediations are dropped if within few dates, reconciliation is not possible. On the other hand, aim of psychotherapy is to heal. So if wounds are deep, he may suggest 6 to 12 “Talk Sessions”. As per psychotherapists, more a person will talk, the more he will become healed”.

If numbers of Mediation Sessions are extended, then there may be costs. But the parties may have to talk more and they may get healed more.

2. In fact if Yalom’s Group Psychotherapy methods are applied, mediation can begin in groups and then costs can be reduced, results can come faster.

Here three to six people having same problems sits together and talks among them under supervision of a skilled psychotherapist.