lawyers of Ghaziabad staged a protest outside the residence of Union Minister and former Army chief General (Retd) VK Singh on Wednesday demanding him to support their demand of setting up a bench of Allahabad High Court.
The lawyers of Western UP have been demanding since ages that a bench of Allahabad High Court should be established in Western UP. On August 23 last the lawyers of Ghaziabad had gheraoed the MP from Aligarh to seek his support as part of their agitation to draw the attention of the Union Government.
General Singh who is also a lok Sabha MP from Ghaziabad assured the lawyers that he will seek an appointment with the Prime Minister to facilitate a meeting of lawyers.
The president of Ghaziabad Bar Association Anil Pandit reminded Gen Singh that during his election campaign he had promised to support them in the fight of their 34-year-old demand to establish the High Court bench in Western UP. Pandit said that the lawyers from 22 districts of western UP are fighting for a HC bench but the successive Governments at the Centre either ruled by Congress or BJP have ignored their demand.
Highlighting the importance of HC bench, the senior lawyer Surendra Rathi said the Allahabad is 800 kilometres away from west UP districts while lahore in Pakistan is nearer to them.