Mangesh Raj Diwan

If you walk through Patiala House Courts and find your way to number 275, that is where Mangesh Raj Diwan is located. It is a hectic place to be, honestly, with the constant sound of footsteps in the hallways and the shouting of names from the courtrooms. Our office is often piled high with folders and thick stacks of paper tied up with string, which is just the way things go when you deal with the legal system every day. There is a lot of typing that happens here, and the sound of the old fans overhead is the background music to our afternoons. We spend a a lot of time reading through documents and waiting for our turn in front of the judge. It is not like what you see on the television; it is mostly just a lot of waiting and making sure every stamp is in the right place on the page. The tea seller comes by twice a day, and that is usually the only break we get from the files. We have been part of the court atmosphere for quite some time, and you get to know the other clerks and the guards pretty well. It is a place of routine and a lot of ink on fingers. We just try to keep everything organized so that when a case comes up, we aren't hunting for a single sheet of paper.