COMPUTER, FAX, TELEPHONE AND INTERNET
Wireless access is also now available, free of charge, in the Associaton premises. The Association computer is not available for use by members.
The fax machine is available for members use, on payment of charges. Long-distance outgoing faxes are not permitted.
Pay phones (recently upgraded) are available in the Association premises. Personal mobile phones may be used but, especially in the corridors around Court Room 40 on the lower floor, must in the silent mode and must be answered elsewhere. The Judges have often complained about this.
TRANSLATION, TRANSCRIPTION, MAIL DELIVERY AND CONTACT INFORMATION
The Association does not offer translation or transcription services. It does not accept mail for forward delivery (except from the disciplinary committees of the State or All India Bar Council).
Members’ contact information, other than the office telephone and fax numbers listed with us, is not released by the Association.
Members are not permitted to use the Association as their office and may not use the Association address for official correspondence at any time.
CLIENT CONFERENCES AND COMMON ROOM
Client conferences may be held only at the conference tables in the outer corridors of the Association. No conferences are permitted in the Common Room/lounge at any time—though the Honorary Secretary is reliably lax on this and permits conferences in the Common Room if there is no space available in the corridors or if there is some other compelling reason (cricket matches are a compelling reason).
All conferences, however, must cease between 2:00 and 2:45 pm, during the lunch recess.
Members should try and limit their use of the conference tables to minimize inconvenience to others.
VICTUALLING
Mrs G.
For longer than most members have been in practice, the food counter has been managed by Mrs Gracias (Mrs Lira Santimano to the cognoscenti). An institution in her own right, our own Mrs G inherited the mantle of Victualler to the Bar from her late husband, Gracias Santimano. Some say this happened before Independence. Others claim an even longer history. Whatever it is, the origins of this relationship are lost in the mists of time.
Sporadic attempts at toppling Mrs G from her chair by the entrance have all failed spectacularly; her own legal resources are formidable, as many have found to their dismay. Not even the most Napoleonic detractor can survive a Gracias winter.
On occasion, Mrs Gracias gets adventurous with her fare. To complain about the food is now de rigeur and very nearly a fundamental right of every member. But the complaints are mostly banter and seldom taken seriously even when put in writing. And that is perhaps as it should be: no one comes to the Bar Association for its catering.
The Association runs a basic food counter that serves hot and cold food, beverages, tea and coffee. Bottled water is served like a classic cabernet sauvignon: at room temperature, even in summer.
In addition to the regular fare at the food counter, a separate coffee vending machine from the Fresh & Honest Cafe Limited supplies South Indian filter coffee, espresso, cappuccino, regular tea, lemon tea, a vegetable soup and hot chocolate.
RESTROOMS
Unfortunately, for men only. We’ve recently had the restroom refurbished as best we can but were unable to provide facilities for ladies for want of space. At least one local wag insists that the Association is fundamentally a preserve of the male of the species, a charge hotly denied by just about everyone else.
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I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE BAR BUT THERE IS NO ONE TO GUIDE US
Shri Swami Samarth
Respected Sir,
I have completed my LLb From Symbiosis Law College. I am looking for a job in a Law firm in pune [Appelent Side] or in Mumbai . Can Bombay Bar Association help me to find a job in an law firm in Pune or Mumbai.
Regards,
Jayant J Nigade
I passed LL.B this year from GLC and looking for job as a junior advocate or article ship can bombay bar association help me in?
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