Law Min sets up committee to examine insurance cover to advocates

New Delhi, March 9: A five-member committee has been set up to examine the issues related to framing of a proper, structured scheme for providing of insurance cover to the advocates and also suggest modalities for the implementation of such scheme.

 

Minister for Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad has set-up the committee under the chairmanship of Secretary Legal Affairs. Other members of the committee will include a senior representative from the Department of Financial Services and representative of the Department of legal affairs. The committee will also have one representative each from Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils.

In an order to this effect, Prasad has directed that the committee shall recommend a comprehensive insurance scheme for the welfare of the advocated all over India to address concerns relating to untimely death and medical insurance.

It states that the committee should submit its reports within three months and if the need be the committee may take opinion from all stakeholders including the representatives of the insurance companies to devise the proposed scheme. The committee shall also suggest the modalities of administration of the insurance scheme under a high powered body with adequate representatives of all stakeholders.

Earlier this month a delegation of lawyers met Minister Prasad in connection with their concerns and demands. Minister had promised the delegation that the government would seriously consider setting up of a structured scheme providing the security of insurance cover needs to address the problem of untimely death and medical insurance cover. He said the scheme may include assistance from central and state governments as also the involvement of State Bar Councils and in the representatives operating lawyer’s welfare fund.