After taking oath, newly elected hcba members vow to defend article 35a
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Soon after taking the oath to their respective posts, newly elected office bearers of J&K High Court Bar Association Srinagar on Saturday pledged to defend the special status of Jammu
and Kashmir. The executive members were administered oath to office by chairman election body AR King in presence of other election body members Muhammad Rafiq Joo, Mudasir Gulzar and Arshad
Andrabi, Tariq Jan and Syed Musaib. Large number of lawyers also witnessed the oath taking ceremony held at Saddar Court Complex Moominabad here. Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom took oath as
president, advocate Aijaz Ahmad Bedar as vice president, Muhammad Ashraf Bhat as general secretary, Adil Aasmi joint to secretary and Bilal Ahmad Wani as treasurer. The polls to these one
year term posts were held on October 4, this year. “Our priority is to defend the special status of J&K. We will defend Article 35A and Article 370. Further, we will provide free legal
aid to the victims of human right violations,” Muhammad Ashraf Bhat told Greater Kashmir. Advocate Aijaz Ahmad Bedar said that the newly elected body also took a pledge to restore the visits
to different jails to know the plight of jail inmates. “HCBA visits jails twice in a year. We will restore this process and will apprise High Court about the plight of jail inmates. We will
also forward our jail visit reports to international forums, if necessary,” he added. He said that HCBA will also work for the redressal of the grievances of lawyers.