After our anticipatory bail were converted into regular, and a surety bond or guarantee our trial began. So our lawyer put a memo for exemption from personal appearance of my father and brother.During the next date, the lawyer sent his dumb junior who did not carry even a piece of paper regarding our case. Once the case number was called, the judge said " defend now I will discharge, defend now, I will discharge right away". To our ears, it was like God himself coming down and offering us a boon. The dumb junior only said " short date , short date." The judge gave her a date after many months. There is nothing in the. Charge sheet." Just that I was harassed for more dowry." That's all.
I was to have cross examined in divorce case last week. The lawyer did not turn up. It was another matter that the judge herself postponed the cross to a later date as many old cases are pending.
the lawyer is charging 50 k each for DV and divorce. Someway or other he has collected almost all the amount except 10 k.
My question
1) what did the judge mean by discharge?
2) will I be able to fight 498 on my own as now a days I find the lawyer more of a liability. If I did not have a lawyer, I could have defended my case. Having a lawyer prevented me from doing so.
3) and even in crossing her in DV and Divorce case I don't think the lawyer is not going to be of any use. The lawyer did not even brief me about how I should be dealing with the situation when I was to be crossed last week. I am fed up of talking to the lawyer before each date. Every time the lawyer keeps saying I will be there , I will be there and won't turn up. I don't pay her on every date even though she made me pay her junior 3 to 4 times. I don't want to appoint another one.
Kindly help
