Lawyers of BAK holds protest demonstration

05/12/2019
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KATHUA, Dec 4: The work remain suspended for the 26th consecutive working day starting from 1st November 2019 in the District & Session Court Kathua including all other subordinate courts of the entire District Kathua and complete shutdown observed by District Bar Association Kathua in support of J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu on the issue of withdrawing of Registration powers from Judicial Officers and given to revenue authorities in addition to their already assigned duties.
The other sister Bar Associations in the District Kathua are also observing the complete work suspend & shutdown. The members of the District Bar Association Kathua also continuously sitting on a massive Dharna in the premises of District & Sessions Court Kathua since beginning of the last month November led by President of District Bar Association Kathua Advocate Ajat Shatru Sharma. The members also agitated against the decision of J&K UT Govt. to transfer of registration powers under Registration Act to revenue officers in hurried manner.
While addressing the gathering Advocate Ajat Shatru Sharma said that the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu with the support of other sister Bar Associations is fighting for the public cause as general public is most likely to be affected by this wrong decision of the J&K UT Govt. The adamant attitude of the J&K UT Govt. towards lawyers of Jammu Province is indirectly provoking them to turn their protest by violent means. He warned the J&K UT Govt. headed by Lt. Governor G. C. Murmu to get ready to see the first agitation of Lawyers of Jammu Province on the issue of wrong decision of the Govt. of transferring of registration powers to revenue officers. The District Bar Association has also decided intensify the agitation initially by observing the token hunger strike starting from 06th December 2019 by following J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu, in which first batch of five advocates will sit on token hunger strike in the premises of District & Sessions Court Kathua. Theses Advocates includes President of Bar Adv. Ajat Shatru Sharma, Adv. Rahul Sharma, Adv. Atul Andotra, Adv. Shrikant Sagar Raina, and Adv. Deepak Sharma. The Advocates who decided to observe hunger strike next day on 7th December 2019 includes Adv. Abhishek Khajuria, Adv. Anil Singh Andotra, Adv. Vinod Dogra, Adv. Pardeep Singh & Adv. Devinder Singh.

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