Lone, was talking in presence of Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai and different authorized luminaries on the North Zone Regional Convention organised by the Nationwide Authorized Providers Authority (NALSA) in collaboration with the Excessive Court docket of J&Ok and Ladakh and J&Ok Authorized Providers Authority on the Sher-e-Kashmir Worldwide Conference Centre on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar.
“The Bar Affiliation labored in concord with the Excessive Court docket since its inception in 1928 and supplied justice to all with out concern, favor or unwell will…sadly we had an aberration within the final decade of the twentieth century (in J&Ok). The entire equipment was affected so had been the attorneys. We have now modified now however these aberrations are nonetheless haunting us,” stated Lone. He additional defined, “they're haunting us as a result of within the final 33 years there are solely 4 to 5 attorneys from J&Ok and Ladakh who've been elevated to the bench of the Excessive Court docket.” He stated CJI's remarks that attorneys from this area (J&Ok and Ladakh) had been as good as attorneys from different components of the nation was encouraging and if that is the case the ‘previous aberrations ought to not hang-out the lawyer neighborhood.'
“We're one with you. We need to work in concord and with dedication and uphold ideas of regulation and structure. We're dedicated to that,” stated Lone including, “we make a pledge right here that we've got forgotten the previous.” He quoted well-known Persian poet-philosopher and jurist Maulana Rumi saying, “Yesterday I used to be intelligent and I needed to vary the world. Right this moment I'm clever and I need to change myself.”
Lone additionally delved into the historical past of J&Ok and genesis of the authorized system right here which he claimed was formally launched by the Dogra rulers of the area. “Kashmir, as per Raj Tarangini of Kalhana, is a civilization and tradition since 2000 to 3000 BC. We then witnessed a Sufi motion that proclaimed omnipotence and omnipresence of God and taught us to respect individuals no matter race, tradition, caste, language or faith. We nonetheless uphold these ideas,” stated Lone. He additional added that the area witnessed ‘a number of invasions by Mughals, Afghans and Sikhs.'
“None of them left any legacy. They got here, dominated the area and left. They didn't give us any authorized jurisprudence or any authorized system. It's not talked about in any historical past e-book,” stated Lone including, “then after 1846 Dogra rulers had been the primary to introduce administrative, judicial and income techniques right here and supplied legal guidelines, which we're nonetheless following.”“Dogra rulers began the Excessive Court docket in 1928. Additionally they shaped the Board of Judicial Advisors, who would hear appeals towards the Excessive Court docket,” stated Lone, including, “You'll perceive the system of justice and equity we had that the then Maharaja has not even as soon as, to my information, objected to choice of their (Excessive Court docket and Board) and accepted their orders regardless of being a monarch.”
