Lucknow, Sep 4: The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has given a call for a three-day statewide strike of lawyers beginning from Monday to demand action against policemen who lathi-charged lawyers in Hapur when they were protesting against the registration of an FIR against a woman lawyer of that district.
In support of the strike call, lawyers of district courts across the state will be on strike till Wednesday.
Lawyers of the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow bench will also be on strike.
“At the virtual meeting, it was unanimously decided to give a call for a three-day strike,” said Shiv Kishore Gaur, chairman, of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.
“Lawyers of the high court will remain on strike on Monday. We have convened a meeting on Monday evening in which a decision will be taken depending on the state government’s response to the lawyers’ demand,” said Anand Mani Tripathi, President of the Oudh Bar Association of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.
On Monday, lawyers in all district courts across the state will stage sit-ins on their respective court campuses after handing over a memorandum of demands to the respective District Magistrates.
The agitation will intensify on Tuesday with lawyers burning effigies of the state Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police on the court campus, said the Bar Council in its resolution passed on Sunday.
The Bar Council will decide on the future course of action on Wednesday after the state government’s response to their demand.
“Lawyers of the Lucknow district court will be on a three-day strike from Monday in support of the statewide strike call given by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh,” said Kuldeep Narain Mishra, President, of Lucknow Bar Association of the district court.
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