Kolkata: High Court Club, Calcutta on Saturday organised One Day Intra Bar Football Knockout Tournament 2021 for lawyers at Mohammedan Sporting Club Ground on Saturday.

“In August presence of Honourable Justices of Calcutta High and State Law minister Moloy Ghatak, the tournament started at 9 am,” said Syed Nafirul Islam, Advocate at Calcutta High Court, who was adjudicated man of the match in one of the matches in the quarter final round.

He reiterated that  Advocate Imtiaz Ahmed, Hony Secretary of High Court Club, Calcutta, Ashok Kumar Dhandhania, President of the High Court Club, Calcutta, Danish Iqbal, General Secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club and Paritosh Sinha,  Hony Chairman of Football Sub- Committee, 2021 were present on  the occasion.

High Court Club, Calcutta Intra Bar Football Knockout Tournament 2021

There were 15 teams [comprising lawyers]. While Game Changer was the winner, Criminal Justice was runners up.

“The main purpose of conducting the football tournament is to make our colleagues engage in extra-curricular activities. We will organise such events in future,” said Advocate Ahmed.

In the recently conducted Calcutta High Court Bar Association election, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) supported candidate has been elected as the secretary of Calcutta High Court Bar Association. Advocate Biswabrata Basu Mullick has won the post of Calcutta High Court Bar Association secretary after defeating seven candidates in the Calcutta High Court Bar Association election, the result of which was declared last week. Biswabrata got the highest number of votes. He was followed by Advocate Partha Ghosh who got 926 votes (96 less than Biswabrata). Advocate Arunava Ghosh, former Congress MLA, has been elected as the new president of Calcutta High Court Bar Association. Ghosh, backed by his party and the Left Front, defeated his two rivals and won the presidential post by securing 1,150 votes. The TMC backed Amjad Ali got 1,056 votes and Prameet Roy, who was backed by BJP, got 1,032 votes. Advocate Kallol Mondal won the vice-president post of the Calcutta High Court Bar Association with a victory margin of 16 votes. While BJP’s Kallol Mandal got 1272 votes, Trinamool’s Supriya Chattopadhyay got 1254 votes.

Advocate Sonal Sinha and Advocate Wasim Ahmed were elected as assistant secretaries of Calcutta High Court Bar Association. Advocate Joydip Banerjee was elected as the treasurer of Calcutta High Court Bar Association.