Handwara: Every year, on 3rd of December, Advocates day is celebrated throughout the country with great enthusiasm and vigour, to commemorate birth anniversary of eminent lawyer and first President of India, Dr Rajindra Prasad.
Chairman, Centre for Research on Public Policy (CRoPP), Adv Abdul Majid Banday said, “although this day, no holiday is observed, but it is specially dedicated to the lawyers. He added, “this day is commemorated to look into the the dedication, consistency and hard work of legal fraternity”. While commenting on the broader role of legal fraternity Mr Banday, laid emphasis on the duties of advocates, as officers of the court, in delivering justice to the people at large”.
Vice- Chairman, Adv Mir Imran said, “this day is special for all lawyers and advocates throughout the country”.” He added, “we need to celebrate this day with vigour and enthusiasm to highlight the role of legal fraternity within the courts and in public domain to let the world know about the role of legal fraternity”. “Role of advocates in a society need to be highlighted through various programmes and their professional life and hardwork needs to be appreciated.” Mr Mir voiced.
General Secretary, Adv Najemu Saqib said, “people associated with administration of justice have a huge role to play in these testing times. We need to restore honour and dignity of lawyers so that people will repose their trust on legal community. Our primary focus must be “to minimise the gap between lawyers and public and within the legal fraternity itself”. We equally need to educate the masses about the hardwork advocates put during the course of administration of justice”, Mr Saqib added.
Spokesperson, Tauseef Ahmad War, while commenting on the importance of this day reteriated, “role of lawyers within the legal fraternity, their relationship with allied departments and with public at large needs to be discussed in appropriate forums”. Lawyers need to work endlessly for the smooth functioning of administration of justice”. Additionally, “Govt must ensure that any pandemic situation may not create a situation where lawyers suffer like Covid-19 has been doing from the past several years, said Mr War.
Team, CRoPP will leave no stone unturned to let the world know about the contribution of our great jurists. To reach this end, CRoPP will arrange different programmes, seminars and debates to highlight the role of legal fraternity in shaping the society.
