Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: Under the guidance and instructions of Chief Justice (Chief Patron, State Judicial Academy) and Committee of Judges, (comprising Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman, Justice Hasnain Masoodi, Member and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Member) State Judicial Academy today organized oath ceremony and lecture on ‘Professional Ethics and Conduct’ for newly enrolled Advocates of Kashmir province at State Judicial Academy complex, here.
Proceedings were conducted by Pawan Dev Kotwal, Director, State Judicial Academy.
Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman Committee, State Judicial Academy administered oath to the Advocates. As many as 202 Advocates subscribed to the oath and received absolute Advocates’ licenses after the ceremony.
The oath ceremony was followed by lecture on the “Professional Ethics” delivered Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar. He stressed upon the newly enrolled Advocates to adhere to the ethics and conduct rules framed by Bar Council of India. He further said that the lawyers are most important stakeholder of justice delivery system and therefore, they shall extend their best professional assistance to the courts for redressing the grievances of litigating public and ultimately for social order.
He asked the freshers in the legal fraternity to work hard with honesty, devotion and dedication for the cause of justice which would ultimately be a great service to the society in the eyes of Almighty and rewards would automatically follow.
There was a healthy interaction on various provisions of Code of Civil Procedure and Code of Criminal Procedure. The Advocates asked many questions pertaining to the legal provisions of various substantive law as well as procedural law which were answered to their satisfaction.
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