Chandigarh, January 20
With advocates going on a strike, hundreds of litigants had to face a harrowing time today. Lekh Raj Sharma, chairman, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, said, “With the Centre’s Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011, the Union government wants to take away the power of Bar Council of India to regulate the legal education sector of the country. Therefore, on the call of the BCI, we have suspended the work,” he added.
With advocates going on a strike, hundreds of litigants had to face a harrowing time today. Lekh Raj Sharma, chairman, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, said, “With the Centre’s Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011, the Union government wants to take away the power of Bar Council of India to regulate the legal education sector of the country. Therefore, on the call of the BCI, we have suspended the work,” he added.
Though a majority of litigants were aware of the strike, those who had reached the tricity’s court were shocked to learn about the strike.
Raj Kamal Mehta, a Sector-35 resident, said in the absence of his advocate, the court had deferred the hearing for March.
Similarly, Daya Nand, a resident of Barwala, who had come to the Panchkula court for the hearing of his land dispute with his cousin, said it was unacceptable on the part of lawyers. They should understand the problems of common people as well, he added.
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