Advocate, Supreme Court and former Defense Minister of India in the year 1951, as ‘Indian Association of Lawyers’ for peace. H.R. Gokhle, the then Law Minister of India became the President of this organization. After him, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former judge of Supreme Court, was elected its President who is leading us and has been a great source of inspiration to all of us till today. The for
mer Chief Justice of India and pioneer of public spirited and common cause litigation, Justice P.N. Bhagwati is the President Emeritus of this Association. We have held 8 National Conferences. In the last conference held in Chandigarh in November 2011 Mr. Jitender Sharma Sr. Advocate has been elected president of the association. The main object for which the association was formed is to encourage study and practice of principles of Democracy, Socialism, Promote Social Justice and work for speedy evolution of a democratic socialist society in India. All and every activity of Indian Association of Lawyers is directed to achieve the goal set out by our constitution.
