Sir — The lawyers, practicing in district courts, have been on strike since April 22 and have threatened to intensify their boycott till the Union Government clears the Bill that proposes to enhance the pecuniary jurisdiction of lower courts to two crore rupees. It is a shame that the lawyers do not care how they are punishing their litigants by not appearing in courts and continuing their strike. Poor litigants, particularly in cases relating to crimes against women, have to get dates after dates from courts, without any ray of justice in the near future. The lawyers must realise that the litigants pay heavy charges to fight a case.
The Supreme Court had considered the lawyers’ strike to be illegal. Their demand may be just but they should not cause incalculable harm to their litigants, just for contesting few and far between cases of clients whose pecuniary claims are worth two crore rupees. One remains hopeful that the lawyers will keep in view the repercussions of their strike and begin to discharge their responsibilities again, by calling off the strike immediately. To secure justice for their litigants is their main responsibility, and they have taken upon this duty during the initial stage of the case itself.