Lecture on ‘Professional Ethics and Conduct’ for advocates organised

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 24: Under the guidance of Chief Patron of J&K State Judicial Academy, Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Committee of Judges, State Judicial Academy (Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman 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 Jammu province.
Proceedings were conducted by Abdul Rashid Malik, Director, State Judicial Academy, who welcomed Justice Janak Raj Kotwal and newly enrolled Advocates.
Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, administered oath to the newly enrolled Advocates who received absolute Advocates’ licenses after the oath ceremony.
The oath ceremony was followed by lecture on the “Professional Ethics and conduct” delivered by Justice Janak Raj Kotwal. He stressed upon the newly enrolled Advocates to adhere to the ethics and conduct rules as they are the most important stakeholders in the justice delivery system. They shall extend their best professional assistance to the courts for redressing the grievances of litigating public and ultimately to ensure social justice, he added.
He asked the freshers in the legal fraternity to work hard with honesty, devotion and dedication for the cause of justice. The lawyers should not see the crowd but the achievers and legal stars who changed the course of history and attained high positions in our judicial system, he added.

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