Hetauda, Jan. 23: Chief Justice Keshav Prasad Upadhyaya inaugurated a seminar on “professional efficiency enhancement for government lawyers” hosted jointly by the ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Judicial Services Training Centre, Kathmandu, here today.
Attending the two-day seminar are 27 persons including gazetted first class officers from offices of appellate government lawyers under the Office of the Attorney General, and officers of the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
At the function, Chief Justice Upadhyaya said that our endeavours should be focused on shouldering the historic responsibility of social transformation in accordance with the rule of law as enshrined in the Constitution and international norms of human rights and freedom.
He made it clear that it was necessary to move ahead with a broader vision of human rights in the task of creating an equitable society through the protection of the rights and interest of children, senior citizens, women, the disabled and the impoverished of society.
Pointing out that the work of the courts in dispensing justice would be of high standard if the competence of government lawyers was enhanced, Chief Justice Upadhyaya called upon the participants to further support the government in bringing its work in line with the provisions of the law.
On the occasion, Supreme Court judge Krishna Jung Rayamajhi said that an independent, competent and dynamic judiciary is needed in the country and that the responsibility of government lawyers in upholding the constitution and ensuring justice for the people had increased.
Secretary at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Udaya Nepali Shrestha said that it had become necessary to enhance the level of competence of government lawyers in guaranteeing law and order for the innocent and helpless, investigating crime taking place in the border areas and enhancing the faith of the people in the courts.
Speaking from the chair, Attorney General Badri Bahadur Karki said that the seminar would help uphold the constitution and the laws of the country and ensure accessible justice to the people.
Deputy Attorney General Krishna Ram Shrestha, chief judge of the Appellate Court, Hetauda, Khila Raj Regmi and head of the Judicial Services Training Centre Madhav Paudel also expressed their views on the occasion.