With the aim to improve the working of courts, the Uttar Pradesh government has allocated Rs 450 crore for the construction of new buildings in the district courts and for the overall development of the courts.
The new buildings will be equipped with all modern facilities for the convenience of officials, lawyers as well as the common public.
"The government will take all possible measures to equip the advocate chambers with advanced technology and other facilities like booklets and magazines for the benefit of the young advocates and lawyers," a senior official said.
With the focus on providing the best resources to the young advocates in the state, the government has proposed several provisions to empower them in the budget for 2021-22.
"A provision of Rs 5 crore has been made in the corpus fund to give financial aid to the young advocates and s sum of Rs 10 crore has been dedicated for the purchase of books, papers and magazines for the budding lawyers," he said, adding that the government would also spend Rs 20 crore to build modern lawyers' chambers in different districts of the state.
With the establishment of a national law university at Prayagraj, provision has also been made to construct multi-level parking and modern lawyers' chambers in the premises of the High Court on EPC mode.
A sum of Rs 100 crore has also been given for construction of houses for judges of the High Court. With this, a budgetary provision of Rs 150 crore has been made for construction of new buildings of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court and Rs 450 crores for the Allahabad High Court.
Former general secretary of Lucknow Bar Association, Suresh Pandey, lauded the decision of the Yogi Adityanath government for improving the infrastructural facilities of the judicial system in the state.
He said none of the previous governments had given attention to the lawyers and advocates in the state.
"For the first time, a government has dedicated so many schemes in the budget for lawyers and people associated with the judicial process. I would like to express my gratitude to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his government for the commendable efforts," Pandey said.