 Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 26: The J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu today celebrated 72nd Accession day. According to press release, the function was held under the leadership of its President B.S. Slathia, at High Court complex at Janipur.
This day, the then Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession and consequently the State of J&K acceded to the dominion of India. The Association decorated various markets in the city, the road leading to the High Court & the Court Complex with National Tri-Colour Flying high. It was a very largely attended function by the members of the Association, besides other leading members of civil society.
"The Association firmly believes that the Accession of J&K State after signing of Instrument of Accession by the then Maharaja is full and final and irrevocable. To raise any dispute in this regard by few disgruntled elements is to question the very Indian Independence Act under which Pakistan was created and 560-odd Princely states acceded to India and Pakistan. It is a settled issue as per the terms on the constitutional law on the subject".
The function, was attended by huge number of lawyers' also resolved in the seminar by raising their hands that they consider themselves as Indian citizen and they are proud to be Indians.
It was further resolved in the function that the only dispute which remains is that to retrieve the parts of the State which are under the illegal occupation of the Pakistan i.e. Poonch, Chamb, Gilgit, Baltistan & part of Kashmir. It was further stressed in the seminar that it is the duty of the Govt. to retrieve those illegally-occupied parts and reintegrate them into India so that the State as it existed on August 15, 1947 comes into being," the Association chief said. The Bar Association, Jammu, also resolved in the seminar that the Association will celebrate this Accession day every year and make it as a National Festival.
The members who spoke on the occasion included L.K. Sharma, U.K. Jalali, H.C Jalmaria, Roop Lal, Rajesh Thappa, Abdul Rouf, R.K. Dullo, Rajinder Jamwal, Pawan Kundal & Teja Singh.
Among those who participated in the function besides the office bearers namely Himanshu Sharma Joint Secy, Chetan Misri Treasurer, included K.S. Johal, Sr. Advocate, P.N. GojaGagan Basotra Mohd Rashid Khawaza, Abdullah Wari, R.P. Sharma Adv. R.P. Spolia, Rajinder Dullo , Ravinder Sharma ( former Addl. Adv. General) , Ropinder Singh ( former Addl. Adv. General) , Ajay Sharma ( former Addl. Adv. General), Ved Bhushan Gupta , H.C. Jalmaria, B.S. Jamwal, Vijay Sharma, B.K. Bhat, Pawan Kumar Manni, C.M. Sharma, ,Sunil Malhotra, Mrs. Aruna Thakur, Deepika Mahajan , Anju Sharma, Parmjeet Kour Mrs. Seema Sharma, Mrs, Arti Anand, Ms., Babu Ram Sharma, Archana Manhas, Vandana Sharma, Babu Ram Chandan, Romeshwar Singh Jamwal, Ranjit Singh Jamwal Dy. Adv. General, M.P. Singh Palli, Jai Kumar Bhat, Moneesh Chopra, Surjeet Singh, Rohit Gupta, Hunar Gupta, Rakesh Chargotra, Ashok Singh Manhas, Baldev Singh, Ajay Singh Manhas, P.S. Parmar , H S Slathia, Abhisheikh Wazir, Vivek Sharma, Sarmeshwar Kohli, Vir ranshor, Umesh Sharma, G.S. Wazir, Anil Khajuria, Ajay Bakshi, Gourav Jamwal, Ajay Bakshi, Aseem Sawhney , Ashish Kant Sharma, Atul Raina, Arjun Pathania , Rohit Gupta, Vinod Sharma, Pardeep Majotra Vice President YLA, Vishal Sadotra, Varun Kotwal, Arjun Mengi, Anuj Malhotra, Vinay Chib, Sandep Gupta, Rohit Sharma and Tarun Dutta, Atul Raina, Leena Devi, Azar Usman Khan, , Divya Eshan, Arjun Manhas, Kuldeep Chib, Mandeep Singh & many others. |
