Raipur, 20 January 2021. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday announced that an action plan will be chalked out for imparting professional training to junior advocates regarding court-based works to enhance their advocacy skills and provide them hands-on work experience. This will not only benefit the budding lawyers but also citizens who are seeking justice.
He was virtually addressing swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected body of Durg District Bar Association from his residence office here today. During the programme, Mr. Baghel also gave approval for improving office seating arrangement in the chamber of Durg District Bar Association and modernization of library here.
“Junior lawyers face a lot of difficulties in their early years of court practice due to lack of knowledge regarding the court proceedings. To overcome this, an action plan for professional training will be prepared by the law department. Work area of lawyer stretches across a broad range. They have to go to the courts of Tehsildar, SDM, and Collector and during the time of elections, even candidates knock at their doors for miscellaneous legal works. Lawyers will be able to execute their work much more efficiently if they are trained”, said Chief Minister.
During the programme, District and Sessions Judge Mr. Rajesh Srivastava put this suggestion regarding the training for junior lawyers before the Chief Minister. Appreciating his suggestion, Chief Minister Mr. Baghel described it as useful and assigned the responsibility of preparing drafts on various aspects of training of junior advocates to District and Sessions Judge Mr. Rajesh Srivastava. He asked him to send the prepared draft to the Law Department, Government of Chhattisgarh, for further action.
Highlighting the glorious tradition of advocacy in the country and the state, the Chief Minister said “our freedom fighters and great personalities like Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Ambedkar, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, fought the freedom struggle inside the court as well as outside. Lawyers gave a significant contribution in the independence of the country. In our state also, personalities like Barrister Chhedilal, Ghanshyam Gupta, and Thakur Pyarelal gave a notable contribution with their wide legal knowledge.
He added that Ghanshyam Gupta from Durg was also the President of the Hindi Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution. Chhattisgarh also has Hidayatullah Law University, one of the renowned and prestigious law institutes of the country. He said that this bright tradition needs to be carried forward and you are working very consciously towards it.
District and Sessions Judge Mr. Rajesh Srivastava said in his address that over 16,322 cases have been disposed in 13 months in Durg district; meanwhile the courts were even closed for sometime due to Covid-19 pandemic. On this occasion, he administered oath to nine office bearers and six working committee members of the association.
Association President Ms. Neeta Jain said that the oath-taking ceremony is a crucial part of our tradition which motivates us to discharge our duties faithfully. Senior Vice President Mr. Prashant Joshi delivered vote of thanks on the occasion.
Mr. Ashish Tiwari joined the programme from the Chief Minister’s Office on behalf of Bar Association. Secretary Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh, Women’s Vice President Ms. Sunita Kasar, Treasurer Mr. Anil Jaiswal, Joint Secretary Mr. Krishna Raj Chandel, Cultural and Sports Secretary Ms. Monika Singh, Library Secretary Mr. Drona Tamrakar and Mr. Kuleshwar Sahu along with executive members of the association and a large number of advocates were present in the function organized at Durg District Court.
