Madhusudan_Das

His Life and Achievements: 95
them. After a month I was pleased with my own work for I felt I was
saved from ruination. I went to the late Mr. Hasan Iman, the great
lawyer of Bihar and consulted him is my case, showed him all my
papers and how I prepared them. He gave me 3 full hours to go through
the whole case, did not charge me any fees as he was interested in my
case and he promised to take up my case should it come to the High
Court and asked me not to worry. He said "no court could disbelieve
you." He informed the creditors' lawyer to come and examine my
papers and see whether he had any right over my property. After going
through the case the creditor found out that he had not an inch of claim
to fight the case as it was all my money through which the property was
acquired and he withdrew the case. It was a great victory for me.
AMENDMENT TO LEGAL PRACTITIONER'S ACT
When Miss Hazra my late sister passed her law, she tried to
get permission to practice. The Patna High Court did not give
permission to Miss S.B.Hazra to be enrolled as a lawyer. Without the
amendment of the Act, it was not possible for any woman in India
to practice in a Court of Law.
The late Mr. M.S.Das wrote to Sir H.S.Gour to take up the
question of the amendment of the Legal Practitioner's Act in the
Legislative Assembly in Delhi with the removal of sex disqualification
resolution. He at once asked Mr. Das to send me and Miss Hazra to
Delhi with the necessary papers. He sent up the amendment to the
Legal Practitioners Act which he wished to move with his resolution on
the removal of sex disqualification in the Legislative Assembly. We
went to Delhi on 19th February 1922. Sir H.S.Gour on the following
day took us to the Assembly and asked me to help him to get his"
amendment allowed to be moved. I did not know how I could be useful
to him. We went to the President's room. Sir Frederic Whyte was the
President. I was introduced to him. He enquired after my father's health
and then told Dr. Gour that he had disallowed Dr. Gour's amendment.
I then at once asked Sir Frederic not to be so strict and hard but to
allow the amendment to be moved. He asked me "How does it interest
you." I said "It interested me so much that I travelled all the way from
Patna to Delhi last night for the amendment" and then I told him all
about the decision of the Patna High Court. He said " The amendment
is quite irregular and even if he allows it, which is quite impossible the