Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad

Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad
AbbreviationABAP
Formation1992
FounderDattopant Thengadi
TypeLawyers organisation
HeadquartersNew Delhi, India
Region served
India
Parent organisation
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
AffiliationsSangh Parivar
Websitewww.adhivaktaparishad.org

The Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (ABAP) (English: All India Lawyers' Council) is a right-wing Indian organisation of lawyers associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. It is often referred to in the media as the "RSS lawyers' wing."[1] It aims to work for a judicial system that is "in harmony with the genius of the nation and consonance with the Bharatiya traditions,” as stated in the organization’s mission.

It was founded in 1992 by Dattopant Thengadi, a Hindu nationalist thinker, social reformer, and founder of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, one of India’s largest trade unions.

  1. ^ ‘Santosh Hegde headed lawyers' wing of RSS', The Hindu, 11 September 2011.