In the general body meeting of Hazaribagh bar association the members unanimously decided to start agitation against the Jharkhand Government’s latest decision of withdrawing commissionary office from Hazaribagh. In this meeting presided by associations president Kishori Mohan Verma members criticized the decision of State Government and said that the Jharkhand Government is regularly taking decisions which are going against the advocates of Hazaribagh. last year the court of Ramgarh district was separated and now this decision has been taken.
The Government has recently decided to minimise the number of commissionaries in the State.
As per the decision now there will be only two commissionaries namely Chotanagpur having headquarter at Ranchi and Santhal Paragana having headquarter at Dumka exist in the State.
The bar association has decided to start its agitation from Monday 9th January. On that day the advocates will remain on pen down strike and will sit on Dharna in front of district collectorate.