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Delhi lawyers strike against corruption today

District court lawyers in Delhi are observing a token day-long strike today to protest against increasing corruption in the judiciary as they gear up to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Law Minister Veerappa Moily to discuss the issue.

Co-ordination committee chairman and spokesman of all Delhi District Bar Associations, Rajeev Khosla told PTI about striking lawyer’s demand to seek appropriate amendment in the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 that makes prior permission to probe charges against judicial officers a mandatory requirement.   

Treasurer of Dwarka Court Bar Association, Karan Veer Tyagi told Legally India: “We decided to go on a complete strike for one day to protest against the rising incidents of arbitrariness and corruption in the lower judiciary.”

He informed that lawyers also hope to get the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts raised from the existing limit of 20 lakhs. Higher suit value cases are currently reserved for adjudication by the High Court.

Tyagi commented: “The objective is have our grievances resolved through peaceful means; we informed the District Judge beforehand and requested judges to not pass adverse orders in cases put up for hearing. Normally, lawyers are counted proxy for the day of the strike.”       

He added that a fair amount of inconvenience is indeed caused to the litigants, but a corruption free functioning of judiciary shall ultimately benefit the litigants only.

Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka courts are the various district courts of the capital.

Do you think strikes by lawyers are justified despite explicit SC rulings and prohibitive provisions of the Advocates Act? Is it right to curb the collective voice of lawyers against the democratic mandates of a civil society?   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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