Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad
| Abbreviation | ABAP |
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| Formation | 1992 |
| Type | Lawyers organisation |
Region served | India |
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Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP) (translation: All India Lawyers Council) is a right-wing all India lawyers association associated with the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. It is often referred to as the "RSS lawyers' wing."[1] The organisation was founded in 1992, with the initiative of the RSS Pracharak Dattopant Thengadi. It aims to work for a judicial system which is "in harmony with the genius of the nation and in consonance with Bharatiya traditions."[2][3][4]
Prominent members
- The founding members of the Adhivakta Parishad included Justices H. R. Khanna, E. Venkat Ramaiya, Rama Jois, Jitender Veer Gupta, Guman Mal Lodha, U. R. Lalit as well as the senior advocate Ram Jethmalani.[4]
- N. Santosh Hegde, former judge of the Supreme Court and former Lokayukta of the Karnataka.[1]
- Adarsh Kumar Goel, appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of India in 2014, served as the General Secretary of the Adhivakta Parishad.[2]
References
- 1 2 ‘Santosh Hegde headed lawyers' wing of RSS', The Hindu, 11 September 2011.
- 1 2 "The Tree, The Branches". Outlook. 27 April 1998. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ↑ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2011), Religion, Caste, and Politics in India, C Hurst & Co, p. 204, ISBN 978-1849041386
- 1 2 Chitkara, M. G. (1 January 2004), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge, APH Publishing, pp. 298–, ISBN 978-81-7648-465-7
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