Singapore: For the first time in Singapore, a 28-year-old Indian-origin lawyer has been admitted to the hospital posthumously. Singapore According to a media report on Monday, he died nine days back on his application for admission.
Vikram Kumar Tiwari died nine days before his application for admission to Singapore rod Channel News Asia reported that the hearing was to be held on June 9 this year.
Tiwari was admitted to the Singapore Bar in a judgment by Justice Chu Han Tek on Monday.
Tiwari graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sheffield in 2018 and subsequently passed the Part A and Part B bar exams. He had applied for admission in the bar on 16 March 2021.
They were scheduled for hearing on June 9, 2021. However, Tiwari He died of cardiorespiratory failure nine days before the hearing.
Tiwari’s uncle, noted criminal lawyer Ramesh TiwariThe report said that posthumously pressured to be admitted to the bar.
Since there was no precedent for such an application, Justice Chu adjourned the proceedings to prepare arguments for Ramesh Tiwari and confirm that there was no legal impediment to making the application.
Justice Chu, in his ruling on Monday, found that important questions had been “favourably answered”, and exercised the court’s discretion in making the application.
“The court may exercise its inherent jurisdiction to exercise certain powers to prevent injustice or abuse of the process of court,” Justice Chu said, citing a scenario where a plea for offense was dismissed. Is.
It is invoked to ensure justice even in such cases. It is sometimes a jurisdiction for necessity, and sometimes in pursuit of noble cause, he said.
He said there are many instances where people were admitted to the bar posthumously, though not in Singapore.
for example, iris barry yak He was admitted to the Edmonton Bar in Canada 40 years after his death.
On top of several prominent lawyers supporting the application, the Attorney-General, the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education unanimously said they had no objection.
Ramesh Tiwari told the channel that his nephew worked “very hard” to acquire all the necessary qualifications and that he seems to have found his calling in law.
“While it is sad that he did not see this day, we are grateful to all the stakeholders and the Supreme Court for granting him this wish,” he said.
Vikram Kumar Tiwari died nine days before his application for admission to Singapore rod Channel News Asia reported that the hearing was to be held on June 9 this year.
Tiwari was admitted to the Singapore Bar in a judgment by Justice Chu Han Tek on Monday.
Tiwari graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sheffield in 2018 and subsequently passed the Part A and Part B bar exams. He had applied for admission in the bar on 16 March 2021.
They were scheduled for hearing on June 9, 2021. However, Tiwari He died of cardiorespiratory failure nine days before the hearing.
Tiwari’s uncle, noted criminal lawyer Ramesh TiwariThe report said that posthumously pressured to be admitted to the bar.
Since there was no precedent for such an application, Justice Chu adjourned the proceedings to prepare arguments for Ramesh Tiwari and confirm that there was no legal impediment to making the application.
Justice Chu, in his ruling on Monday, found that important questions had been “favourably answered”, and exercised the court’s discretion in making the application.
“The court may exercise its inherent jurisdiction to exercise certain powers to prevent injustice or abuse of the process of court,” Justice Chu said, citing a scenario where a plea for offense was dismissed. Is.
It is invoked to ensure justice even in such cases. It is sometimes a jurisdiction for necessity, and sometimes in pursuit of noble cause, he said.
He said there are many instances where people were admitted to the bar posthumously, though not in Singapore.
for example, iris barry yak He was admitted to the Edmonton Bar in Canada 40 years after his death.
On top of several prominent lawyers supporting the application, the Attorney-General, the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education unanimously said they had no objection.
Ramesh Tiwari told the channel that his nephew worked “very hard” to acquire all the necessary qualifications and that he seems to have found his calling in law.
“While it is sad that he did not see this day, we are grateful to all the stakeholders and the Supreme Court for granting him this wish,” he said.
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