Jammu bar to hold protest on Saturday
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Opposing the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, the Jammu chapter of the J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Friday said it will stage a protest against the Central government's proposed move on Saturday.
The decision was taken at an urgent meeting of the advisory committee of the association at its office here, a spokesman for the lawyers' outfit said. The meeting chaired by bar president K Nirmal Kotwal held that the amendments would undermine the independence of advocates with a tendency to dilute the institution.
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The government plans to amend the Advocates Act, 1961, by making sweeping changes in the definitions of what a legal practitioner and a law graduate mean.
According to the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a law graduate means a person who has obtained a bachelor's degree in law of three or five years or such other duration as prescribed, by any centre of legal education or university established by law or a college affiliated to any university and recognised by the Bar Council of India.
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