Lawyers to strike work today

CHANDIGARH: Lawyers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh district courts and Punjab and Haryana high court would abstain from work on Tuesday, in support of call given by the Bar Council of India (BCI).

The BCI is demanding budgetary provisions of ₹5,000 crore for lawyers and litigants’ welfare in annual budget to implement insurance cover for lawyers and their families, ₹10,000 stipend for needy new entrants for up to five years of their practice. A march would be held from the HC to governor’s house to press for demands, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana chairman, Vijender Singh Ashlawat, said. HTC