Full Court reference held to mourn demise of advocates

Full court mourning demise of advocates on Thursday.
Full court mourning demise of advocates on Thursday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 6: A Full Court reference was held today in the court room of Chief Justice at Jammu Wing of the High Court to condole the sad demise of advocates Subash Dutt, Karanbir Singh, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Sonam Dorjey, Chand Mohan Gupta, Jaspinder Singh, Bachan Lal Kalgotra, Ashok Parihar, Devki Nandan and R K Bhatia, Advocates of the High Court, who passed away recently.
On the occasion, Senior Additional Advocate General and the President J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu remembered the contributions of late Advocates of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. The Senior Additional Advocate General on behalf of Government Advocates offered condolences on the demise of these advocates and prayed for their eternal peace and strength to the bereaved families.
The President, J&K High Court Bar Association also offered condolences on his behalf and on behalf of the Bar executives and other Bar members and prayed for peace of the departed souls.
Justice Tashi Rabstan, Chief Justice, in his condolence address remembered the contribution of departed souls and said that their firm commitment to the law, hard-working nature and dedication to justice has left a mark on the judicial community and their demise is a great loss to the legal fraternity.
The Chief Justice on his behalf and on behalf of other Judges of the High Court prayed to the Almighty to rest their souls in peace and bestow immense strength to the bereaved members of the families to bear the loss.
The Judges from Srinagar Bench joined the Full Court reference proceedings virtually. The proceedings ended with observance of silence as a mark of respect for the departed souls and the court work was suspended for rest of the day.