‘Janvani Diwas’ to mark birth anniversary of Justice Gupta

Prayagraj: Supreme Court’s Justice Pankaj Mithal will be chief guest in a lecture series programme organized on the occasion of birth anniversary of Justice Prem Shankar Gupta on Saturday by the organisation Etawah Hindi Seva Nidhi at Neerakpur, Dandi in Naini area of Prayagraj. This day is celebrated as Janvani Diwas (mother tongue day) This is the first lecture series, which has been organized in the name of Shanti Bhushan and Keshari Nath Tripathi, two renowned lawyers of the country. The programme will begin at 5pm and continue till 8pm.According to the secretary of the organization, senior advocate Pradeep Kumar, the programme will be presided over by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi and the main speaker on this occasion will be Bhagwan Singh, who will deliver a lecture on ‘Bharat Mein Nyay Ki Awadharna-Itihas aur Vartman’ (Concept of justice in India-Its history and present). The special guests on this occasion will be state’s cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, Dinesh Pratap Singh and city mayor Ganesh Kesarwani. Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan and additional advocate general Neeraj Tripathi will also be present on the occasion. In the second session, there will be Kavi Gosthi (poetic recitation), said the secretary.This programme is being organized in the memory of late Justice Prem Shankar Gupta, a high court judge, who was known for conducting proceedings of the high court in Hindi and delivered judgments and orders only in the Hindi language.

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