Dimapur, June 20 -- Justice Y. Longkumer, Judge of the Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench in Nagaland, on Friday called for deeper engagement with the law, greater professional development, and a renewed commitment to justice from lawyers.

She emphasized that panel lawyers, who often serve as the first line of access to justice for the marginalized and under-represented, now play a unique and essential role as educators, advisors, and counsellors for ordinary citizens, especially as the Indian legal system undergoes a pivotal transition with the introduction of new criminal laws.

Justice Longkumer was speaking at a one-day orientation programme organized by the Nagaland State Legal Services Authority on the new criminal laws, Bharatiya Ny...