Jammu Tawi, Oct 11: On 11-10-2021 on the call of the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, the lawyers abstained from working in the High Court, Subordinate Courts and all other Tribunals in Jammu to protest against the Government Notification dated 10-09-2021, whereby jurisdiction to deal with Debts Recovery cases of Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have been transferred to Chandigarh Bench.
Addressing to the media persons M.K. Bhardwaj, Senior Designate and the President Jammu Bar Association said that it is a calculated move/ design on part of the Government to cause undue inconvenience to the Public in general and Advocates in particular in the U.T of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. He said that the Government has already transferred the registration work to the Revenue officers and the Revenue offices are located at far off and scattered places. He said that earlier the registration work was with the Judicial officers in Court premises but due to shifting of the registration work the members of the Bar and public at large are facing inconvenience and difficulties.
He further said that at present there is no Consumer Commission & Consumer Forum working in the U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir and Government of Jammu & Kashmir still has not constituted and notified the same till date. There is no information about the pending cases and the files. He said that for the convenience of the Advocates & Public at large, the location of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Registration work and other Tribunals must be shifted in the Court premises under one roof.
He further said that the Advocates who are working in the far flung area / courts would also face difficulties in contesting their Debt Recovery cases at Chandigarh and this decision will also effect the public at large. He said that due to the anti people policies on part of the Government, the public at large are facing inconvenience and harassment.
He said that it has come to our notice that there is no regular Presiding officer for the last nearly two years at Chandigarh and members of the Debt Recovery Tribunal Bar Association Chandigarh are on strike against the non-availability of Bench at Chandigarh.
He finally urged upon the Government to revoke the Notification dated 10-09-2021 within a period of 15 days and also redress the above mentioned genuine grievances, otherwise the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu has no other option except to fight against the anti-public decisions taken by the Government of U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir for getting their genuine demands fulfilled. The press conference was held in the Bar Office at High Court, Jammu, wherein M.K. Bhardwaj, Sr. Advocate & President with other office bearers namely S/Sh. Mohinder Pal Singh Pali, Adv. Vice President, Surjeet Singh Andotra, Adv. General Secretary, Aditya Sharma, Adv. Joint Secretary and S. Amandeep Singh, Adv. Treasurer participated.
