The Mathura Bar Association on Saturday urged its members to not take up any work for a week after their requests to the district judge for temporarily closing the court was declined, an office bearer said.<\/p>\n
After a former Mathura Bar Association president tested coronavirus positive on Friday, a delegation of office bearers led by current Bar president Avadhesh Singh met District Judge Sadhana Rani Thakur requesting her to close the court for a week, Bar association secretary Vishal Singh said.<\/p>\n
The court should be closed for a week to find out the health status of other members of Mathura Bar Association,” he said.<\/p>\n
The district judge, though, declined the request citing her “inability” to do so, Vishal pointed out.<\/p>\n
The advocate said the 70-year-old former bar president was found coronavirus positive and sent to an isolation centre on Friday midnight.<\/p>\n
Additional CMO Dr P K Gupta has confirmed that the former bar president was admitted for treatment in KD Medical College, Mathura as he was found infected with the virus. He was under treatment in a private hospital earlier, Gupta said.<\/p>\n
Bar association secretary Vishal asserted that it is important to find out how many advocates the infected person had come in contact with.<\/p>\n
If the court is closed for a week, the symptoms may appear in the advocates he had met following which they could be sent to a quarantine centre or be home quarantined, Vishal opined.<\/p>\n
Since it is in the interest of clients, judges and members of the Bar, the court closure for a week had been requested, he said.<\/p>\n
The former president is also contesting again for the top post in the forthcoming election of Mathura Bar Association, Vishal pointed out.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the court premises presented a deserted look on Saturday as the attendance of clients and advocates was minimum.<\/p>\n
The premises including the chambers of advocates would be thoroughly sanitised, an official said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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