 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 25: Chief Justice Ali Mohd Magrey High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh inaugurated the Annual Sports Meet 2022 Tournament of the lawyers' fraternity here today. The inauguration took place in the presence of other judges Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Mohan Lal Manhas, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, Sanjay Parihar Learned Principal & District Judge, Jammu, M.K. Bhardwaj Sr. Adv. & President JKHCBAJ, S. Mohinder Pal Singh Palli Adv, Vice President through Video conference on line, Surjeet Singh Andotra Adv. General Secretary, Aditya Sharma Adv, Joint Secretary, Rohit Sharma Adv. President YLA & S. Gagandeep Singh (Lucky) Adv, Vice President (YLA), U.K.Jalali Sr. Adv. Surinder Kour Sr. Adv., Vikram Sharma Sr. Adv S.S. Nanda, Sr. Addl. Advocate General, Vishal Sharma, learned ASGI, Monika Kohli, Learned Sr. Addl. Advocate General, S.S. Ahmed, Adv. Veenu Gupta Adv., Leena Devi Adv and many senior and young lawyers/ members of the JKHCBA, Jammu were also present on the occasion and Arvind Jasrotia Registrar University of Jammu, Naresh Padha, Dean, Academic Affairs University of Jammu, Daud Iqbal Baba Director, Sports & Physical Education, University of Jammu represented the Vice Chancellor University of Jammu .
24 Teams of J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu will participate in the Annual Sports Meet 2022 tournament .
The sports meet which has been a regular annual feature had to be stopped in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and has again been started after a hiatus of three years. The multi-disciplinary sports event has been organized by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHCBA).
According to president JKHCBA, senior advocate Mohinder Bhardwaj, the Chief Justice while interacting with the lawyers and office-bearers of the JKHCBA laid emphasis on physical fitness for the lawyers and in this regard such sports events play an important role. Lauding the effort of the JKHCBA for re-starting the sports meet, he said that it should be taken seriously as such events have the potential to nurture the talent in different sports and the players can ultimately play at higher levels also. "It is imperative that the lawyers, particularly those who are participating in different disciplines come fully prepared for this competition and fiercely compete. This event should not be merely used for entertainment and fun. No doubt entertainment and fun are part of any sports activity but this has to be combined with total commitment towards the game without which it will have no value."
Earlier, welcoming the Chief Justice and other Hon'ble Judges, Mohinder Bhardwaj said that personally it was a matter of great satisfaction for him that the sports meet first started during his earlier tenure as the Bar president in 1999, has again been renewed during his third and latest term in the office. Thanking the Chief Justice and fellow judges for agreeing to attend the event, he said that their presence will act as a great encouragement to the lawyers particularly those taking part in the events. "Their august presence is also a strong indicator of the warm relations between the Bar & the Bench. We have already strived and continue to ensure having such cordial and warm relations," he said.
Bhardwaj said that it has also been ensured that a large number of women lawyers also take part in the events. Both men and women cricket teams will take part in the tournament. Apart from cricket, badminton, volleyball, athletics, Football and some other sporting events are also scheduled to take place during the sports meet |
