KATHMANDU, MARCH 15

Attorney General Khamma Bahadur Khati has stressed professional integrity on the part of law practitioners to further promote the dignity and image of the judiciary.

Inaugurating a vocational basic training organised by Nepal Bar Council here today, the attorney general stressed that people from the legal field needed to maintain professional integrity to ensure independent, impartial and competent judiciary.

Khati, also the chair of Nepal Bar Council, said they were expected to show high adherence to professional ethics and thus contribute to enhance the presence of the judiciary.

Also speaking on the occasion, Nepal Bar Association President Chandeshwor Shrestha said the time demands that lawyers work in an undeterred way to promote independent, impartial and fair judiciary.

He said free, efficient and impartial judiciary is one of the major agendas of Nepal Bar Assocaition.

On the occasion, the attorney general released a handbook which is said to be useful for fresh law practitioners.

The book published by the council is a collaborative work of High Court former judge Binod Prasad Sharma, senior advocate and council member Dr Chandra Kant Gyawali and advocate Puja Bhandari.

The art of advocacy and code of conduct of lawyers are among the issues highlighted in the book. The daylong training was attended by around 1,300 people who are new to the profession.

According to the council, presently, there are 20,000 active lawyers across the country.

A version of this article appears in the print on March 16, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.