Law Minister: There Will Be A Change In The Advocate Protection Act; Linking It With Insurance Policy Is Also Being Considered

Prayagraj: Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, said that the country will progress only when there is a confluence of the three parts of the constitution – legislature, executive and judiciary. None of these is supreme, only the constitution is supreme. There should be mutual harmony.

He further  said that his government is discussing the implementation of Advocate Protection Act. For this, changes will be made in the Advocate Act. This should be implemented. There is a discussion going on to link advocates with insurance policy. Insurance companies are not coming forward due to the fear of being dragged to court by lawyers. Lawyers have been kept out of the Ayushman scheme. The government is concerned about their good health.

Providing facilities of digital library for advocates will be helped through MP fund or in other ways. In the end, he sang a hymn of poet Surdas that “Prabhu, do not pay attention to my defects. Keep one iron in worship and send one to the house for slaughter.

The officials of the Bar Association were given time at 4 pm on 9 August to discuss all these issues in detail and they were asked to come to Delhi. The government will bear the expenses there and they should come to Delhi with time for in-depth discussion.

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Meghwal mentioned the book “Ek Safar Hum Safar Ke Saath” written by cherishing the life experiences with his wife and said that marriage is not for material pleasures, it is a spiritual attachment. He also referred to another book based on the research of a team towards family enlightenment. Union Law Minister Meghwal was speaking among the advocates at a welcome and felicitation function organized in his honour by the High Court Bar Association in the historic library hall.

Bar Association President Anil Tiwari and General Secretary Vikrant Pandey felicitated Law Minister Meghwal by presenting him a shawl and a memento. The Bar also welcomed Justice MC Tripathi and Justice Siddharth Verma by presenting them shawls. Senior Vice President Rajesh Khare, conducted the proceedings of the felicitation function

On this, the Union Law Minister said that though the bar is not demanding anything, he has come here to give something. Law Secretary Raj Kumar Goyal, who looks after infrastructure, has also come with me. He expressed the seriousness of the government on three subjects.

On seeking suggestions, a woman advocate raised the issue of housing for advocates. The Chairman clarified that a plan should be made to provide plots or housing to lawyers at cheap rates by acquiring land like the case of judges, officers, etc.Responding on this the minister assured to discuss such a scheme with the help of PDA. He said that the government will provide land and the housing scheme will have to be implemented by forming a lawyers’ society.

Among those present on the occasion were Anchal Ojha, Subhash Yadav, Neeraj Tripathi, Akhilesh Mishra, Neelam Shukla, Sumit Shrivastava, Puneet Shukla, along with the entire executive, advocate Mrityunjay Tiwari,  Manoj Kumar Singh, NK Chatterjee, Sanjay Yadav, Bhanu Dev Pandey, Sanjay Yadav, Ashok Singh, Sabhajit Singh.