Himanshu Bagai

You can find us at chamber 327 within the Delhi High Court complex. It’s a busy place as you can imagine. There’s always a lot of shouting, people running around with files, and the sound of typewriters or printers going off. My name is Himanshu Bagai and this is where I spend most of my waking hours. The room isn't very big. It’s packed with law books from the floor to the ceiling. Most of the time, the desk is buried under a pile of folders and legal pads. It’s not a polished corporate office. It feels more like a workshop for law. We deal with whatever cases come through the door. Some days are long, starting early before the court opens and ending well after dark. The lighting in the corridor is a bit dim sometimes. We don't have a lobby or a receptionist. If the door is open, you just walk in and wait for a minute. People know us for being right here in the mix of things. It’s a practical location because everything happens just down the hall. We don’t do much advertising. Most of our work comes from being present and doing the job day after day. It’s a bit cramped and sometimes it gets hot in the summer, but it’s where the work gets done. There’s a specific smell of old paper and ink that never really goes away. It's just how the court life is for us here.