To lodge protest against killing of an advocate by a cop in the premises of Allahabad District Court, the lawyers of Chhattisgarh will abstain from work on March 16. The Bar Council of India has given a call for the nationwide strike.
Secretary of District Bar Association, Raipur Hitendra Tiwari said that the stamp vendors and notaries have also extended support to the strike. All the typists present in the court premises will also remain on strike for a day. A large number of cases are likely to be affected by the strike, said Tiwari adding that the strike will be observed across the State.
The advocates said that an advocate was shot dead by a policeman in the premises of district court in Allahabad. The Bar Council of India (BCI) has appealed to the lawyers across the nation to show solidarity and abstain from the work on March 16.
BCI has demanded arrest of the culprit, a judicial inquiry into the incident and an ex-gratia of Rs50 lakh for the kin of the deceased lawyer from the Uttar Pradesh Government, sources said.