The Yogi Adityanath government, for the welfare of the advocates, has increased the corpus of Advocate Welfare Fund from Rs 200 crore to Rs 500 crore and had made provision for developing the infrastructure of courts.
In case of the death of an advocate who is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Advocate Social Fund Scheme, the maximum limit of permissible assistance has been increased from Rs 1.50 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
In addition, a provision of Rs 100 crore is proposed for the under-construction National Law University in Prayagraj district.
The budget also includes a provision of Rs 300 crore for the establishment of courts in various districts of the state.
Notably, under a pilot project, a provision of Rs 700 crore is proposed for the construction of the court complexes in this financial year.