A Visually Impaired Lawyer Has Been Appointed As Government Counsel For The First Time In J & K
Update: 2022-04-19 13:45 IST
Suraj Singh, a visually impaired advocate
The Jammu and Kashmir government nominated Suraj Singh, a visually impaired advocate, as government counsel for defending cases before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday, April 18, in what may be described as a major gesture.
The decision, according to an official spokesman, is a "major step" toward providing equitable growth and development possibilities for specially-abled people, who are critical to society progress and prosperity.
Suraj Singh had been holding a sit-in protest outside the J&K High Court on a daily basis to protest the claimed failure of the government to execute disability regulations in the Union Territory.
According to the lawyer, he was demonstrating at the Jammu wing in order to get concerns resolved and rights recognised under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Since 2011, Singh has been a member of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh's Jammu branch. He claimed that he had been fighting for his Supreme Court-granted rights for a decade.
MK Bhardwaj, the President of the Jammu Bar Association, had addressed to the Secretary of the Department of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, requesting that Suraj Singh be appointed as a government advocate in the High Court.