Amritsar\/Chandigarh,<\/p>\n
Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda has mooted a comprehensive insurance cover for lawyers with the Advocates Welfare Fund, which is currently being used<\/p>\n
only for compensation to the legal fraternity.<\/p>\n
Addressing the inaugural function at the two-day workshop organised by the Bar Council of India, on improving professional standards at the Bar, Nanda called<\/p>\n
for a radical break from the conventional use of the Fund in order to provide wider assistance to the lawyers. Such a move, he said, would also help not only<\/p>\n
protect but in fact augment the principle corpus of the Fund.<\/p>\n
In his keynote address, the senior advocate also favoured the establishment of an academy for improving the skills of lawyers. He was, however, of the view<\/p>\n
that such academy should be participative in nature rather than being a State product. When the legal profession volunteers a fund for setting up such an<\/p>\n
institution, matched by the Bar Council, then there will be a sense of partnership to ensure success of such an academy, he said, adding that the state may, at<\/p>\n
best, be called upon to provide land and other external infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Endorsing Nanda\u2019s view, Justice Mahesh Grover suggested that until such an effort was in place and executed, the Chandigarh Judicial Academy could be used<\/p>\n
for such purposes. Justice Anil Ksheterpal, Judge, High Court of Punjab & Haryana, underlined the importance of senior advocates mentoring and training the<\/p>\n
junior advocates, which could go a long way in strengthening the judicial system, particularly in the prevailing environment when the judiciary was under extreme<\/p>\n
pressure.<\/p>\n
Manan Kumar Mishra, Senior Advocate and Chairman of the Bar Council of India, delivered the presidential address<\/p>\n
Justice Mahesh Grover, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, presided over the inaugural programme, which was participated by various legal luminaries and<\/p>\n
Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana. Also present were Vajinder Singh Alawat and Jaiveer Yadav, the Chairman and Former Chairman respectively<\/p>\n
of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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