When will the lawyers' strike end in UP?
Judicial work was affected in allahabad high court, its lucknow Bench and its subordinate courts on tuesday due to the lawyers' strike in protest against the proposed amendments in the Advocates Act 1961. The Awadh Bar Association of the high court, the Central Bar Association of the district court and other local advocates' organizations had decided to stay away from judicial work in various courts on Tuesday.
In a meeting chaired by Awadh Bar Association President RD Shashi, it was decided to stay away from work on tuesday not only against the proposed amendment but also against other issues including shortage of judges in the high court, difficulty in listing cases. Meanwhile, Central Bar Association General Secretary Amresh Pal Singh said that the organization showed solidarity with the UP Bar Council and opposed the proposed amendment. In Prayagraj, allahabad high court lawyers stayed away from judicial work on the call of the high court Bar Association (HCBA) in protest against the large number of vacancies of judges in the allahabad High Court. Although the judges sat in their respective court rooms, the lawyers did not appear.
Lawyers remained absent from work on Tuesday
In the executive council meeting held under the chairmanship of HCBA president Anil Tiwari and conducted by secretary Vikrant Pandey, it was said that one of the demands of HCBA has been accepted and the proposed amendments have been withdrawn by the central government for the time being. The lawyers had remained away from work on february 21 over this demand. However, the second demand regarding filling up the vacant posts of judges of allahabad high court was not met. Therefore, as per the earlier proposal of HCBA, the lawyers remained absent from work on Tuesday. According to HCBA, the sanctioned strength of judges of allahabad high court is 160. The number of judges in allahabad high court is only 55 and 23 judges are working in lucknow Bench.
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