NEW DELHI: Lawyers have decided to abstain from judicial work in all courts across the country tomorrow in protest against a proposed Bill that bars advocates from holding agitation and makes them liable to compensate litigants if they go on strike.
The Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex body of advocates, has given a call for the strike across the country, saying the recommendations were against their interests.
BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said lawyers practising in the Supreme Court have been kept out of the strike, but they will show their solidarity with the striking lawyers by wearing white band on their arms.
Advocate Neeraj, general secretary of Coordination Committee of bar associations of all Delhi district courts, said that a group of lawyers today met Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad who assured them that the Bill would not be passed without consulting them.
According to the BCI website, there were some 12 lakh lawyers all over the country as of 2013. (AGENCIES)
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