SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Jan 6: Dhanbad lawyers today abstained from judicial works today on a call of the State Bar Council in protest against the court fee hike by the state government.
Dhanbad Bar Association president Amrendra Kumar Saha said on the directive of Jharkhand State Bar Council, all lawyers of Dhanbad today kept away themselves from all types of judicial works.
“A memorandum has also been sent to the chief minister for withdrawing the hiked court fee in the interest of the people of the state. Lawyers are in favour of providing easy and cheap justice to people and this can be possible only with lower court fees. So, we have urged the chief minister to withdraw hiked court fee,” said president Amrendra Kumar Sahay and general secretary Jitendra Kumar.
Dhanbad Bar Association has also demanded increasing numbers of public prosecutors should be appointed from among lawyers, insurance coverage of lawyers and a constitution of a Lawyers’ welfare fund for their help.
“We have also demanded immediate implementation of the Advocate Protection Act and special for Bar library,” said president Sahay.
State Bar Council Chairman Radheshyam Goswamy and member Prayag Mahto said that lawyers of Dhanbad showed solidarity with the state body by keeping themselves abstained from judicial works in protest against the court fee hike.
Notably, a senior lawyer of Delhi High Court appeared in Dhanbad District Court today for pleading in a criminal case but local lawyers did not allow them to do due to the mass decision to abstain.
