JAMMU, NOVEMBER 19: J&K Judicial Academy under the patronage of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, (Patron-in-Chief, J&K Judicial Academy) and guidance of Justice Sindhu Sharma, Chairperson, Governing Committee for J&K Judicial Academy and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal Members of Governing Committee for J&K Judicial Academy, organized One Day Seminar for Young Advocates on “Role and Responsibilities of Advocates as officers of Court in Civil and Criminal Trials with special emphasis on Advocates Act” at Judicial Academy, Jammu.
The training programme was inaugurated by Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge, High Court of J&K and Ladakh in the presence of Vikram Sharma, Sr. Advocate, High Court of J&K and Ladakh. Kikar Singh Parihar, Former District & Session Judge was the resource person in the programme.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar, in his inaugural address, emphasized the important role of Lawyers and described the lawyer’s profession as tough and challenging. He added that everybody is the student of the law and nobody can claim as the master of law. He described a lawyer should be litigant friendly and work as the agent of clients. He deliberated that the duty of a lawyer towards the court is to present the facts in a fair and dignified way. He also specified that the lawyers should be able to draw a line between aggression and assertion in order to succeed in life.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar remarked that a lawyer must work with perseverance and dedication, which is the key to success in this profession and must learn the art to recognize their weaknesses and convert them into strengths. If a lawyer imbibes the ethics of professional standard, then sky is the limit. He also deprecated the tendency of going on strikes and advised to look for solution by engaging with the stakeholders
