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At the Lahore High Court continues...
I was 32 when my wife died and had four children. I had no intention to get married again. My father was of a different mind however and quietly he brought to bear great pressure on me in this matter. Eventually I was re-married in 1922 to the daughter of Lala Bindraban who was then Tehsildar of Mirpur in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and belonged to a respectable Mahajan family of that place.
The same year. I was appointed a part time law lecturer in the Law College, Lahore. Here I was in good company. My colleagues included Lala Jagan Nath Aggarwal. Mr. Mohammad Zaffarulla, Dr. Shauja-ud-din, Rai Bahadur Mukand Lal Puri, Pandit Nanak Chand, Mr. Nawal Kishore and Mr. Mohammad Munir. Of l these colleagues of mine, Mr. Zaffurulla rose to be a Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice, Dr. Shuja-ud-Din became Speaker of the West Pakistan Assembly, Mr. Nawal Kishore retired as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Mr. Munir is the Chief Justice of the Pakistan Federal Court. Mr. K. C. Chatterjee was the Principal, but he soon retired and was succeeded by Mr. C. L. Anand, a great writer on constitutional law. I remained a part time lecturer in the Law College for about 9 years. By expounding law to raw graduates in the Law College, I gained considerably in my knowledge of law during this period. I lectured on the Law of Contract and Torts, Civil Procedure Code and Minor Acts. My classes were always well attended—some of myoid students now tell me that they were too well attended, as some students would desert their teachers to come and listen to me exponding the law.
It was during these days that I came to know His Highness Raja Ram Singh of Chamba State. Like many an other member of the princely order, he liked drinking. In the eyes of the Political Agent, this made him unfit to exercise his wide powers. He reported against him and the Raja was deprived of his powers.
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