Within a few years of starting his legal practice, Pt. Shukla was a great success as a pleader in the courts of Raipur. His unfailing courtesy of conduct, expression and a clean record of legal service earned him clientage at all levels of society, all over Chhattisgarh and beyond. Soon the Bar Association of Raipur came under his influence. Whenever standing against other leading lawyers he would thoroughly prepare the case and would assemble his arguments with tact and facts. His talent, extraordinary intellect and will to fight any obstacles made him the leading lawyer of the state. Many times he would take up cases without charging a fee from resourceless, poor and needy persons and fight for them against prominent lawyers.