Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Jogaram Patel Visits Udaipur, Meets Bar Association Representatives

Udaipur, November 16: Minister of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Jogaram Patel, was on a visit to Udaipur on Saturday. During his visit, he interacted with the general public and intellectuals at the Circuit House. On Saturday morning, Shri Patel was also greeted by Revenue Minister Hemant Meena, Udaipur City MLA Tarachand Jain, former Assembly Speaker Shri Shantilal Chaplot, Deputy Mayor Paras Singvi, social worker Pramod Samar, and Gajpal Singh Rathore, among others.

Meeting with Bar Association Representatives

During his visit, Shri Patel also met with representatives of the Bar Association at the Circuit House. The Bar Association representatives submitted a memorandum requesting the establishment of a High Court Bench in Udaipur. During the discussion, Shri Patel talked to the representatives about the judicial infrastructure, the new court complex, and related matters in Udaipur, and also sought their suggestions.

The Bar Association representatives, while submitting the memorandum, highlighted that the people of Southern Rajasthan have been deprived of social, economic, judicial, and constitutional rights, as they cannot easily access the state's highest court (the High Court). They mentioned that for the past 43 years, the people of this region have been demanding the establishment of a permanent bench of the Rajasthan High Court in Udaipur. The memorandum further argued that based on the region's special historical, geographical, economic, and social conditions, as well as constitutional provisions, it is necessary to set up the permanent bench in Udaipur.

Present at the meeting were Shambhu Singh Rathore, Ramesh Nandwana, Bharat Kumar Vaishnav, Bar Association Executive President Bharat Joshi, General Secretary Rajesh Sharma, Vice President Banshi Lal Gawariya, Finance Secretary Pankaj Tamboli, along with advocates Ramkripa Sharma, Gajpal Singh Rathore, Ashutosh Puri Goswami, and others.