Lawyers’ agitation continues in support of demands

STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: On 44th day of agitation, the lawyers practicing in Jammu wing of J&K High Court and Subordinate Courts held Dharna and public meeting in Janipura Court complex.
The Lawyers Action Committee has been agitating since 15 October 2020 against continued closure of their entry into High Court completely and partially in Subordinate Courts besides no entry of public since March ending this year besides other issues. Their 8 point demand charter includes opening of all courts for physical entry to lawyers and public, resume physical hearing, accepting hard copies of cases, opening locked Bar Rooms of lawyers, providing stamp papers and tickets within court premises through stamp vendors, immediately opening of Consumer Courts, shifting back Registry powers to Judicial Officers, withdrawing contempt initiated against the lawyers and holding immediate election to J&K Bar Council.
The Dharna and public meeting were addressed by Senior Advocate of Supreme Court Prof Bhim Singh, former President of Jammu Bar A K Sawhney, former Vice President of Jammu Bar J A Kazmi, Convener of Action Committee H C Jalmeria, Bansi Lal Sharma, Surjit Singh Andotra.
Others present on the occasion included Advocates K K Pangotra, C S Gupta, Shah Mohd Choudhary, S P Bakshi, Subodh Singh Jamwal, Babu Ram Sharma (former Vice President Jammu Bar), J P Sharma, Manohar Gupta, R S Chib, Meharban Singh, Kuldip Singh Parihar, Jaswinder Singh, Kunal Singh Chib, Anmol Sharma, Minakshi Slathia, S S Jamwal, Umesh Sharma, Vishal Abrol, Ajay Singh Manhas, Amit Gupta, Mulakh Raj, Dinesh Singh Jamwal, Gagandeep Singh, Arvind Singh Jalmeria, Atul Raina, Sanjay Sharma, Aftab Malik and Mohd Aamir.