Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu today organized a function lunch in the honour of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal.
Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Puneet Gupta were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, M K Bhardwaj, Senior Advocate and President of Bar Association apprised the gathering that the office bearers of the Bar have met the Chief Justice and brought all the problems being faced by the legal fraternity at Jammu.
He further raised the issue of transfer of registration power to Revenue Authorities instead of Judicial officers whereby the lawyers and public are facing inconvenience. He said that Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is not presently located at a proper place and there is no proper parking facility and even the infrastructure is not enough to cater the needs of litigant public.
It was brought to the notice of the Chief Justice that for the last two years no Consumer Commission is functioning besides the Tribunals are being located at far of places from the court complex due to which both the lawyers as well as litigants suffer.
The Bar president appealed the Advocate General to bring all the problems being faced by the advocates to the notice of Lieutenant Governor for solution/redressal.
Chief Justice assured the Bar to look into the matters at appropriate time while taking into confidence all the stakeholders.
Surjeet Singh Andotra, general secretary, conducted the proceedings of the function while as Aditya Sharma, Joint Secretary presented the vote of thanks.
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