Once, a bitch delivered some pups right under the judge’s podium. In the middle of arguments, some puppies wandered out from underneath and their mother began to nurse them. Distracted, the lawyer on his feet stopped arguing and stared incredulously at the sight. The judge however brushed it aside and said, “She is doing her job. You do yours.”

>> There are several entrances and exits to the Bombay High Court building, and sometimes, notorious litigants have used this to their full advantage. Haseena Parkar, sister to don Dawood Ibrahim, was once to come to court for a hearing. The paparazzi had positioned themselves at all the court’s entrances, hoping for a picture of Parkar. They were to be disappointed however, when the wily woman arranged for three other ‘Haseena Parkars’ – dressed head to toe in black burqas – to enter the court premises simultaneously from all gates.