The
Allahabad High Court Bar Association (AHCBA) on Thursday resolved to continue
its boycott of work till the letter, sent by the former Union Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad, seeking opinion of the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High
Court on setting up a Bench of the Allahabad High Court for western Uttar Pradesh, is
rejected by the Chief Justice and also by the committee set up by him to give
its opinion on it.
The
Allahabad High Court Bar Association president Rakesh Pandey, through a press
release has informed the public that a committee of senior advocates has been
set up, which would hold talks with the Chief Justice and the committee
constituted by him and would demand rejection of the said letter sent by the former
Union Law Minister.
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The
then Union Law Minister, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad had on August 25, 2014 written
a letter to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court saying that the
request for setting up of High Court Bench in western UP has merit and deserves
consideration. In this letter, the minister had further said that for
considering any such proposal, the opinion of the High Court is needed.
Disturbed by the proposed move to set up a Bench of the Allahabad High Court for western U.P., a delegation of the AHCBA had met the Chief Justice in this connection on January 6, when the delegation was informed that the Chief Justice has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a senior judge of the Allahabad High Court to consider the proposal and submit its report on this issue. However, it was also brought to the notice of the delegation that no report has been submitted by the said committee so far.
On Thursday, the general body meeting of the AHCBA was held at the main gate of the Allahabad High Court, which was attended by a large number of lawyers, which then unanimously resolved to continue the agitation till the letter of the Union Law Minister of August 25 is rejected outright.
Disturbed by the proposed move to set up a Bench of the Allahabad High Court for western U.P., a delegation of the AHCBA had met the Chief Justice in this connection on January 6, when the delegation was informed that the Chief Justice has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a senior judge of the Allahabad High Court to consider the proposal and submit its report on this issue. However, it was also brought to the notice of the delegation that no report has been submitted by the said committee so far.
On Thursday, the general body meeting of the AHCBA was held at the main gate of the Allahabad High Court, which was attended by a large number of lawyers, which then unanimously resolved to continue the agitation till the letter of the Union Law Minister of August 25 is rejected outright.
Resolving
to continue boycott of work on Friday also, the AHCBA said that further
decision in this connection would be taken everyday by the general body meeting
of AHCBA, which would be held daily. The AHCBA has also resolved to resume the relay fast
programme from January 9 onwards.
The AHCBA also requested the High Court Ministerial Union as well as High Court Fourth class Employees Sangh to co-operate with the 'boycott of work resolution' of AHCBA so that the agitation could become a success.
The AHCBA also requested the High Court Ministerial Union as well as High Court Fourth class Employees Sangh to co-operate with the 'boycott of work resolution' of AHCBA so that the agitation could become a success.
Lawyers of the Allahabad High Court have been up in arms against the proposed
setting up of a Bench for western U.P for some time now, and the strike launched by them against the move has crossed 30 days today.
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