SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Feb 2: The Jharkhand State Bar Council on Wednesday sent letters to Bar Associations all over the state asking for information about all advocates that registered their presence during hearings in courts on February 1 (Tuesday).
Notably, advocates in the state were called to go on strike on Tuesday to protest against the attack on advocate and Bar Council member Hemant Sikarwar on Jan 29 in Hazaribagh.
In this regard, a meeting of the Jharkhand State Bar Council was held on Sunday, wherein it was decided not to do any kind of judicial work on February 1.
According to the decision taken, it was said that advocates will wear black badges on Tuesday and will demand implementation of the Advocate Security Act.
Sanjay Kumar Vidrohi, member, Bar Council on Wednesday said a general letter has been sent to Bar Associations all over Jharkhand to inform the council if any advocates appeared for judicial work with their reason for it.
Similar to what happened last time, the associations have not been given a timeframe to inform the Council of the same, however, action, if any, will be taken if the council receives information regarding the letter within the next ten days.
Notably, Bar Council Chairman Rajendra Krishna had said that more than 35,000 advocates in the state will protest against the attack. During this, the members of all the district bar associations of the state will submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, demanding that the Advocate Protection Act be implemented at the earliest.
Here, the Advocates Clerk Association of the High Court had announced to support the advocates. DC Mandal, president of the clerical union, had said that no member of the clerical union will do judicial work on February 1.
Meanwhile, only virtual hearing of all cases will be held in Jharkhand High Court from February 1. The attendance of the employees has also been 100 percent. After the rapid spread of Covid-19, only urgent matters were being heard here and employees were being called under the roster. On February 1, the Registrar General of the High Court issued an order in this regard. All the district courts in the state have also been made physical. However, district judges have also been given an exemption that they can do virtual hearing of some cases. Until now, only virtual hearing was being done in the district courts of the state.
