Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 30: The J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, convened a meeting of members of its Executive Committee, here today under the Chairmanship of Abhinav Sharma, President JKHCBAJ and registered its resentment against shifting of the High Court and also conferring of powers of registration of documents upon the Revenue officers by creating a separate department of Registration.
The members strongly opposed the move of taking out the process of registration of documents outside the court premises which, they said, would result in grave inconvenience not only to lawyers community but to the public in general as well. In order to ensure that public in general and lawyers in particular do not face any inconvenience and element of corruption is not encouraged in the process of registration of documents, it was unanimously proposed that the offices of the registering authorities are housed and located within the court premises .
The members of the Executive Committee also threadbare discussed the issue of proposed shifting of High Court complex to Raika and they were of the opinion that shifting of High Court complex from the existing location of Janipur Jammu would cause serious hardships to thousand of lawyers, as majority of the members of JKHCBAJ are working both in the High Court and in the District/ subordinate courts as well.
The members were also of the opinion that shifting of the High Court alone would not cause serious hardships to the Advocates only, but to the general public, litigants as well especially the old age and female litigants. Therefore, JKHCBAJ stressed that not only the High Court complex but simultaneously the District Courts & subordinate course should also be shifted.
It was also decided in the meeting that if a new complex is constructed, sufficient infrastructure should also be created and established for Institutions like Special Tribunal, Armed Forces Tribunal, Consumers Commission and other statutory Tribunals which would facilitate all the sections of the society including the Advocates and litigants.
It was also decided in the meeting that in case genuine demands of the lawyers of accommodating the registering officers within the court complex and the District and Subordinate courts are not shifted along with High Court, the Bar shall agitate the matter and take it to the logical conclusion.
It was also decided to take up the matter with the concerned authorities to ensure that the offices of registering authorities are housed and located in the court complex and further course of action shall be discussed and decided in the next meeting of the Executive Committee, schedule to be held on November 14, 2019.
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