Prosecutor nominated by the Home Department as its members. The trusteeship committee held its first meeting on 13.10.2022 and it was decided to frame rules for operationalization to Advocates Welfare Fund.
The Advocates fund shall, interalia be used for making ex-gratia grant to the member of the fund in case of a serious health problem, payment of fixed amount on cessation of practice and in case of death of a member, to his nominee or legal heir, medical and educational facilities for the members of their dependents, purchase of the books and for establishing common facilities for advocates.
The constitution of fund and establishment of Trustee Committee will go on long way for taking welfare measures for the Advocates practicing in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and with this step the Government has fulfilled long pending demand of the Advocates of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, for which they were entitled as per provisions of law.
