{"id":29866,"date":"2013-08-24T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T09:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=29866"},"modified":"2014-08-31T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T07:36:15","slug":"up-lawyers-strike-to-demand-hc-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/up-lawyers-strike-to-demand-hc-bench","title":{"rendered":"UP lawyers strike to demand HC bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lawyers action committee Friday announced an agitation to press their demand for a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh even as courts in 22 districts of the state remained shut for the 11 consecutive day.<\/p>\n<p>The agitation will be at Jantar Mantar in Delhi Aug 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBar associations in all 22 districts of western Uttar Pradesh have called for a boycott of courts, leading to a complete halt in court proceedings. We are determined not to restore work in the courts till we are assured that a high court bench will be set up in western Uttar Pradesh,\u201d said Rakesh Tyagi Kakra, president of Ghaziabad Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>Kakra said that the union law minister has sought a proposal from the Uttar Pradesh government for the high court bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllahabad-based lawyers and other vested interests have been creating snags in establishing the bench,\u201d Kakra added.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers say that even small states have a high court bench, but not western Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawyers action committee Friday announced an agitation to press their demand for a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh even as courts in 22 districts of the state remained shut for the 11 consecutive day. 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