KARACHI: Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar of the Supreme Court has said the knowledge of law has no limits and it is like an ocean and nobody can claim that he was well versed to all the laws.

He stated that the prime responsibility of a lawyer was to facilitate the court for the decision of a case in accordance with law.

He said this while speaking at the graduation ceremony of students of the Denning Law School at a local hotel on Saturday.

He said that the esteemed profession of law was not meant for money only and advised the fresh graduates that while advocating the cases of “haves” with handsome professional fee, they should also dedicate sometime for fighting rights of “have nots”, who may not have the capacity to pay their desired fee.

He further stated that patience, courage and tolerance were the best tools of a good lawyer including the courtesy with opposite lawyer because harsh attitude left no good gesture and therefore the attitude must be within the professional ethics.

A good lawyer cannot fight unless he knows the factual position of the case, he said and further asked the young lawyers to avoid scandalous pleadings and concealment of fact from the court.

“In the early stage of your career, you should dedicate your precious time to the profession for learning good advocacy rather than wasting your time in the bar rooms,” Justice Mazhar advised the newly graduated law students.

“Basically, it is on job training and each day you will learn something new in the courtrooms and every case would be a new challenge and test for you in which either you will win or lose, but the result depends on your legal acumen and preparation of your brief,” it added.

Retired Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Supreme Court and several judges of Sindh High Court also attended the ceremony.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2022