{"id":484215,"date":"2025-04-27T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=484215"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:28:33","slug":"nba-reaffirms-leadership-pushes-for-separate-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/nba-reaffirms-leadership-pushes-for-separate-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA reaffirms leadership; pushes for separate High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nagaland Bar Association at its annual general meeting held on April 25 has unanimously extended the tenure of the existing office bearers for another term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBA informed that president A. Zhimomi, along with vice president Zuchumpeni Ngullie, secretary Seyielhouto Keyho, joint secretary Akum Pongen, and treasurer Sentimenla, will continue to lead the association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBA president Zhimomi expressed gratitude to the members for their continued trust and confidence in the leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the meeting, key legal and governance matters were deliberated upon. The association reaffirmed its commitment to advocating for a separate High Court for Nagaland, entrusting the High Court Bar Association, Kohima, with the responsibility to spearhead efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another resolution addressed the ongoing practice of appointing Advocate Generals from outside the state, a tradition that has persisted since Nagaland attained statehood in 1963.<br>NBA criticized the government\u2019s reluctance to select candidates from within the state\u2019s legal fraternity, terming it a \u201cdisservice to the people and an affront to the legal community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The association resolved to publicly reiterate its opposition to this practice.<br>Concerns were also raised regarding allegations that some advocates were simultaneously employed in government service, a violation of the Advocates Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In this regard, NBA cautioned that strict action will be initiated against violators.<br>The resolutions reflect the association\u2019s continued efforts to strengthen legal integrity and advocate for structural reforms in the state\u2019s judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagaland Bar Association at its annual general meeting held on April 25 has unanimously extended the tenure of the existing office bearers for another term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}