Lawyers’ role in fair justice important: CJ

Kathmandu, Aug. 12-: Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel Thursday said that law practitioners were the true partners of people, who are the victims of injustices and their role is always important in the field of judiciary.A victim could not approach the Court without taking help from the lawyers, and thus they guide the civil society to the right direction, he said.The proper guidelines of an efficient lawyer could help establish law and order in the society and prevent the violation of the rules and regulations, he said. “So, the law practitioners are the social engineers or the mirror of the society”.Speaking at the 12th Nepal Bar Council Day of Nepal Bar Council (NBC) Chief Justice Poudel said that the lawyers’ role was more important in the adversarial legal system of our country. “The NBC’s role is significant to produce efficient and trained lawyers”.The cooperation and coordination among the lawyers and judiciary would help provide fair justice, he said.Former chairman of the Council and senior advocate Mahadev Yadav said that the Council’s role was important to produce competent lawyers.General secretary of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) Madhav Baskota said that the Council should bring out the programmes for the protection of the lawyers and to promote their professionalism.Speaking from the chair Attorney General and Chairman of the Council Pawan Kumar Ojha said that the Council should widen its working areas for the professional development of the lawyers. At the function Poudel also released a book entitled ‘Annual Survey of Nepalese Law 2004’. The Bar Council had carried out the survey. Advocate and editor of the book Bhimarjun Acharya shed light on the importance of the book.CJ Poudel also distributed prizes and certificates to the top scorer at the examinations of LLB, BL and the examination of the advocates taken by the Council. Prof. Dr. Ranjit Bhakta Pradhananga presented the annual report of the Council.Other speakers at the programme were NBA president Shambu Thapa and Dean of the Department of Law Kanak Bikram Thapa.