JAMMU, Feb 22: It said that a meeting was convened to discuss the proposed amendments to the Advocates Act, 1961, wherein the majority of the members opposed the draft amendments, terming them “unconstitutional, undemocratic, authoritative and dictatorial”.
It has been unanimously decided that the J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, will hold a protest against the proposed amendments to the Advocates Act, 1961, to show solidarity with the Bar Council of India and other bar associations at the district court complex in Jammu on Saturday.
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 recognized by the Bar Council of India. (
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