By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today underlined
the significant contribution being made by the legal fraternity in bringing about a meaningful change in social mores,
but also expressed his concern about practical problems being faced by the
advocates, especially the non-availability of proper sitting space in the
court complexes.
The Chief
Minister was speaking at a function where Union Law and Justice Minister, Mr
Kapil Sibal inaugurated a new Bar Complex Extension-I at Bar
Complex of Punjab and Haryana High Court here today.
Mr Hooda
said that the legal fraternity has always played the role of a
torch-bearer for progressive values in our society. He said that having led
many social struggles from the front, this fraternity has played a significant
role in ushering in social as well as economic revolution in times of need. It
needs no reminder that even the movement for independence of the country was
led by the legal luminaries of those times.
The Chief Minister said that as he himself had been a member of
the this profession, he was fully conscious of the difficulties faced by
the advocates in the discharge of their day-to-day responsibilities. One of
them concerns is the non-availability of proper sitting space for the advocates
in the court complexes despite the fact that they constitute an integral part
of the judicial dispensation. It is a fact that lawyers who constitute the
cornerstone of judicial system, are left to fend for themselves. They are often
seen struggling to find space to place their belongings, and for a place to
attend to their clients. Though the legal profession is regarded as a noble
profession, the facilities and arrangements available to the advocates are at
times, inadequate. This is a real practical problem for the advocates
practicing in the High Court, he added.
Mr Hooda was all praise for Judges of the Punjab and Haryana
High Court and the Chandigarh Administration as it was because of their efforts
that the extension of the new Bar Complex had become a reality. “The extension
may not entirely answer the problems, but it is certainly a step in the
direction of mitigating the problems faced by the advocates. The High
Court has addressed the problems faced by the advocates and taken concrete and
conscious steps to restore the dignity and pride of members of the Bar by
making adequate arrangements at their workplace so that they can perform their
duties without any hassles” added Mr Hooda.
Mr Hooda said that he was sure, the facilities offered by
the extension of the new Bar Complex would provide some relief to the members.
He congratulated the members of the Bar Association and expressed his
gratitude to the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court as well
as judges of this Court for converting the dream of the extension
into a reality.
Chief
Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Chairman
Building Committee Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Rajiv Bhalla,
President, Bar Assocation Mr. Anmol Ratan Sidhu and senior judges of Punjab and
Haryana High Court and members of Bar Association were also present on this
occasion.
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