South Asian Association for Regional Co – operation in Law (SAARCLAW)

SAARCLAW is an association of the legal communities of the SAARC countries comprising judges, lawyers, academicians, law teachers, public officers and a host of other law-related persons, duly registered with the SAARC Secretariat at Kathmandu, Nepal and awarded the status of a Regional Apex Body of SAARC. It owes its origin to the desire of the members of the legal community to establish an association within the SAARC region to disseminate information and to promote an understanding of the concerns and developments of the region.

SAARCLAW was established in Colombo on 24th October 1991, when the then President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Ranasinghe Premadasa inaugurated the Association in the presence of a large gathering including 175 members of the legal community like judges, legal practitioners and academics of the SAARC. In the ensuing twenty seven years, affiliate Country Chapters have been established in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and activities of the Organisation have also taken place in the Republic of Maldives. A permanent Regional Secretariat has been established in Kathmandu, Nepal on January, 2016.

SAARCLAW Nepal

SAARCLAW Nepal was established on 29th November, 1993 with the membership of 11 legal luminaries and Chapter President being the then Hon’ble Justice T. P. Rana, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal.

Currently, SAARCLAW Nepal is led by Hon’ble Justice Mrs. Sapana Pradhan Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal. In its more than 24 years of existence, the SAARCLAW Nepal has persistently worked towards the achievement of its objectives of bringing together the legal communities of the nation for closer co-operation, development of understanding,  exchange of ideas, dissemination of legal information and to use and develop law as a source and an instrument towards social change for development. SAARCLAW Nepal has brought numerous lawyers, judges, academics within its fold. SAARCLAW Nepal now has more than 115 legal luminaries as the member of SAARCLAW.

Vision:

Standardization of laws and policies for the closer Cooperation and Collaboration towards Economic, Technological, Social and Cultural Development.

Mission:

  • To create hub of the legal fraternity;
  • To exchange and disseminate legal information, ideas, progressive judgments;
  • To bring effort to highlight and improve prevailing laws.

Values:

South Asian Association for Regional Co – operation in Law (SAARCLAW)

SAARCLAW is an association of the legal communities of the SAARC countries comprising judges, lawyers, academicians, law teachers, public officers and a host of other law-related persons, duly registered with the SAARC Secretariat at Kathmandu, Nepal and awarded the status of a Regional Apex Body of SAARC. It owes its origin to the desire of the members of the legal community to establish an association within the SAARC region to disseminate information and to promote an understanding of the concerns and developments of the region.

SAARCLAW was established in Colombo on 24th October 1991, when the then President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Ranasinghe Premadasa inaugurated the Association in the presence of a large gathering including 175 members of the legal community like judges, legal practitioners and academics of the SAARC. In the ensuing twenty seven years, affiliate Country Chapters have been established in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and activities of the Organisation have also taken place in the Republic of Maldives. A permanent Regional Secretariat has been established in Kathmandu, Nepal on January, 2016.

SAARCLAW Nepal

SAARCLAW Nepal was established on 29th November, 1993 with the membership of 11 legal luminaries and Chapter President being the then Hon’ble Justice T. P. Rana, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal.

Currently, SAARCLAW Nepal is led by Hon’ble Justice Mrs. Sapana Pradhan Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal. In its more than 24 years of existence, the SAARCLAW Nepal has persistently worked towards the achievement of its objectives of bringing together the legal communities of the nation for closer co-operation, development of understanding,  exchange of ideas, dissemination of legal information and to use and develop law as a source and an instrument towards social change for development. SAARCLAW Nepal has brought numerous lawyers, judges, academics within its fold. SAARCLAW Nepal now has more than 115 legal luminaries as the member of SAARCLAW.

Vision:

Standardization of laws and policies for the closer Cooperation and Collaboration towards Economic, Technological, Social and Cultural Development.

Mission:

  • To create hub of the legal fraternity;
  • To exchange and disseminate legal information, ideas, progressive judgments;
  • To bring effort to highlight and improve prevailing laws.

Values:

SAARCLAW Nepal believes that connectivity through law can bring Prosperity, Peace and Cooperation.