A seminar on ‘How to be a good Advocate and Procedural Laws’ was organized on March 5, 2011 at the auditorium of the Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana by the LEGAL TRAINING COMMITTEE of the BAR COUNCIL OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AND CHANDIGARH. The seminar had two sessions – one inaugural session and another Post Lunch Session.

Inaugural Session [11 AM to 1 PM]

The inaugural session began at 11 AM with a floral welcome to distinguished guests followed by a Jyoti Prajavalan and Saraswati Vandana.

Distinguished persons present on the dais present during Inaugural session were

 Hon’ble Justice M.M. Kumar, Hon’ble Justice A.G. Masih, Shri R.S. Cheema, Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, Shri Harpreet Singh Brar, Shri B.K. Goel, Chairman, Legal Training Committee of the Bar Council of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; and Professor (Dr.) Deepak Kapur-Director, PU Regional Centre, Ludhiana.

Details of Inaugural Program [Theme: How to be a good Advocate]:

1. Welcome Address by Shri B. K. Goel
2. Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, Chairman, Bar Council of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh delivered an address on the Theme of Seminar  
3. Shri R. S. Cheema, Senior Advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh: Inaugural Address
4. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.G. Masih, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh: Presidential Address
5. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar, Punjab and Haryana High Court: Keynote Address
6. Shri Harpreet Singh Brar, Member, Legal Training Committee, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh
7. Presentation of mementos followed by Lunch

Post Lunch Session [2 PM to 4.30 PM]

The post lunch session began at 2 PM with a floral welcome to distinguished guests followed by a welcome address by Shri B.K. Goel

Distinguished persons present on the dais during the post-lunch session were

Hon’ble Justice Rakesh Jain, Hon’ble Justice Hemant Gupta, Shri Ashok Aggarwal, Shri Steven Soni, Shri Harpreet Singh Brar, Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, Shri B.K. Goel; and Professor (Dr) Deepak Kapur-Director, PU Regional centre, Ludhiana

Details of post-lunch program [Theme; Procedural Laws]:

1. Welcome Address by Shri B.K. Goel
2. Shri Steven Soni, delivered an address on the theme of seminar
3. Shri Ashok Aggarwal, Senior Advocate, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh
4. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Jain: Inaugural Address
5. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta: Keynote Address
6. Interaction session with distinguished Judges and lawyers
7. Professor (Dr) Deepak Kapur; Vote of Thanks
8. Presentation of mementos
9. National Anthem
10. High Tea

Professor (Dr) Deepak Kapur, Director of PU Regional Centre, Ludhiana thanked the distinguished guests particularly Justice MM Kumar, Justice Augustine Masih, Justice Rakesh Jain, Justice Hemant Gupta, Shri S P Bangar, District and session Judge-Ludhiana; Shri R S Cheema, Shri Ashok Aggarwal, Shri Gurinder Pal Singh, Shri H S Brar, Shri B. K. Goel, and veteran lawyers like Shri R. S. Vadehra for gracing the occassion. He also thanked the faculty, staff and students of PU Regional Centre, Ludhiana for all the hard work to make this program a great success and a unique learning experience for budding lawyers. Dr Deepak Kapur highlighted and praised the enthusiasm and hard work undertaken by Dr Arti Puri, Dr Neelam Batra of University Institute of Laws at PU Regional Centre, Ludhiana for making this seminar a great success.