In what could be cheers for the lawyers, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday announced that notification regarding the rules of Advocate Welfare Fund would be issued soon and the State Government would frame a policy for providing one time matching grant for the construction of chambers for advocates in Judicial Complexes of the State.
He was addressing a gathering of lawyers and office bearers of Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court, various Bar Associations of Haryana and lawyers of the State who called on to thank him for implementing various policies for the welfare of legal fraternity here.
Hooda said that the legal fraternity has also played a pivotal role in the freedom struggle. Prominent leaders who were harbinger of Independence like Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Pt Moti lal Nehru, Pt Jawahar lal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel also belonged to the same fraternity.
He said State Government has taken various steps for the welfare of legal fraternity. These included reservation given to the advocates in plots of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). Apart from this, Haryana is leading in the Country in terms of providing best infrastructure in the Judicial Complex.
Hooda also invited lawyers to attend the ‘Haryana Shakti Rally’ to be organised in Gohana on November 10 on which Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court, various Bar Associations of Haryana and lawyers of the State extended support. President, Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court Anmol Rattan Sidhu said that it was for the first time in his career of 25 years that the legal fraternity is present and Chief Minister was the host. He said there were more than 36,000 advocates in Haryana and about 3000 new advocates were enrolled in the State this year.