![“You would never meet a judge outside the court room, or visit a judge’s chamber, forget about meeting him socially or anti socially” – Advocate Shafeeq Mahajir](http://media.assettype.com/barandbench%2Fimport%2F2013%2F11%2FSRM-pic_0.png?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
Advocate Shafeeq Mahajir is a prominent human rights supporter and an expert trial lawyer. Well known for defending the accused in the Mecca Masjid blasts case, Mahajir has been in the profession for nearly 3 decades. In this interview with Bar & Bench, Mahajir talks about changes in the Bar, the inertness of the Indian judiciary towards human rights issues and various other problems plaguing the Bar and the Bench.