Prez inaugurates intl Jurists Conf today
New
Delhi,
Nov
24:
President
Pratibha
Patil
will
inaugurate
a
two-day
"International
Conference
of
Jurists
on
Rule
of
Law" here
today.
The
conference
is
being
organized
by
the
International
Council
of
Jurists,
the
All
India
Bar
Association
and
the
Indian
Council
of
Jurists.
Chief
Justice
of
India
Justice
K.G.
Balakrishnan
will
preside
over
the
conference,
which
will
see
the
participation
of
judges,
law
ministers,
parliamentarians,
bar
association
leaders,
CEOs,
bureaucrats,
representatives
from
banking
and
financial
corporations,
journalists,
artists
and
social
activists
from
India
and
abroad.
Among the luminaries attending the conference are former Chief Justices P.N. Bhagwati and R.C. Lahoti, Fernando Pombo, President of International Bar Association and Adish C. Aggarwala, Chairman of All India Bar Association; Justice Ruhul Amin, Chief Justice of Bangladesh; Lord Navnit Dholakia, Member, House of Lords, U.K.; Mah Weng Kwai, President, Lawasia; Chris Perrin, Executive Partner, Clifford Chance, besides others.
The International Council of Jurists is a body of jurists working towards promotion of administration of justice and healthy development of law, suitable to social and economic needs of the people.
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