By Samachar Vishesh
News
Chandigarh, 01st
Feb, 2020:- Justice
Ajay Tewari, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh inaugurated the
11th edition of the National Rounds of the Leiden-Sarin International Air Law
Moot Court Competition at the Army Institute of Law, here today.
Justice
Ajay Tewari, appreciated the efforts of the organizers i.e. the Sarin Memorial
Legal Aid Foundation and Leiden University in drawing up a wonderful
proposition, on air law, which raised legal issues concerning countries and
people around the globe.
Speaking
on the occasion he said that greatest service that young budding lawyers can do
to the society is to provide justice to a large number of underprivileged who
fail to reach the courts because of limited means or otherwise. He added
that this would be the greatest service young lawyers can do by giving them
access to justice.
On
this occasion, Horacio Bernardes Neto from Brazil, President of the
International Bar Association (IBA), the Guest of Honour at this event, said
that this unique competition on air law in the world is providing much-needed
training to young legal minds from an international perspective especially when
India is excelling in every the playing field in the world.
He
said that IBA with over 100,000 members in 142 countries of the world are
looking at training lawyers to tackle the issues of bullying, sexual
harassment, and even wellness.
Justice
(retd) S.S.Sodhi, President of the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation
complimented twenty teams which participated in the moot court on international
law, which has been founded by the Sarin Foundation and Leiden University of
the Netherlands.
M.L.
Sarin, Secretary-General of the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation, underlined
the significance of training young lawyers in international air law especially
with Indian aviation market expected to grow substantially by the year 2030.
He
announced the winners of the “Sarin Foundation Best Mooter of the Year Award”
in which the prize money of Rs.50,000 was shared by Upasna Dahiya, Lokendra
Singh, and Shiekhar Panwar of the Army Institute of Law.
Nitin
Sarin, one of the select few legal experts in the international air law
informed that the three finalists shall participate in the Sarin International
Air Law Moot Court competition at St Petersburg, Russia on 17-19 April 2020.
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