Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 12 : Under the guidance and instructions of Chief Justice (Chief Patron, State Judicial Academy) and Committee of Judges, State Judicial Academy comprising Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Chairman and Justice Hasnain Masoodi, (Member) today organized Oath ceremony and lecture on 'Professional Ethics and Conduct' for newly enrolled Advocates of Jammu province at State Judicial Academy complex, Jammu here. Pawan Dev Kotwal, Director, State Judicial Academy administered oath to the Advocates. 68 Advocates subscribed to the oath and received absolute Advocates' licenses after the oath ceremony. Justice (Retd.) O.P. Sharma delivered lecture on 'The Professional Ethics for Advocates'. During the lecture he recalled the life histories of some of great jurists, who rose from the Bar to highest echelons of law and justice and there illustrious careers are hallmarks of excellence. Justice Sharma suggested the lawyers to go through the biographies of M.C. Chagla, Setalvald, Palkivala, Fali Nariman, Soli Sorabji, H.R. Khanna and Marshal (Chief Justice, Supreme Court of United States) and emphasized that their lives are beacon lights for anyone who chooses a career in the judicial system. The function concluded with vote of thanks by Director, State Judicial Academy. Mehmud Anwar Alnasir, Yahaya Firdous Ahangar, Rajni Sharma, Sub-Judges, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Deputy Registrar, Jagdish Raj Thakur, Faculty Member and staff of the State Judicial Academy was present on the occasion. |