Nagaland Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to request the state and central governments to expedite the establishment of a separate high court for Nagaland and appoint the advocate general from among the legal fraternity of the state.
An update from the association president, A Zhimomi, and the secretary, S Keyho, informed that the resolution to this effect was taken during its executive committee meeting held on March 3.
The members have resolved to request the state government as well as the central government to expedite the establishment of a separate high court for Nagaland and delink the matter from the ongoing political negotiations. The association was of the opinion that uncertainties in the ongoing political negotiations should not result in further delay for the state to have its own high court.
“For the past 60 years, the advocate general for the state has been appointed from outside the state. The Bar resolved that the state government must appoint someone from the legal fraternity in the state to the said constitutional office,” the association stated.
The members were of the unanimous opinion that it would be ‘unfair, unjust and a slur upon the legal fraternity in the state, if yet again, the office of the advocate General is proposed to be filled by a lawyer from outside the state ignoring the members of the legal fraternity in the state.’ Dimapur, March 3 (EMN)