Mohali Bar body bats for fiscal aid to lawyers

MOHALI : With not even a single advocate qualified to get financial assistance from the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana (BCPH), the district bar association (DBA) of Mohali wants relaxation of the criteria to help ‘needy lawyers’ who have lost out on income amid the prevailing curfew.

The BCPH, the apex body of lawyers in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, with nearly one lakh members, has already granted financial assistance of ₹5,000 each to about 1,800 advocates. The bar body had received 3,400 applications for financial help. The Covid-19 relief fund for advocates has been set up on the lines of Delhi and Goa bar councils.