Lawyers across Uttar Pradesh went on a three-day strike on Monday in response to the decision given by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to lodge their protest towards lathicharge by cops on attorneys of Hapur district on August 29.
Lawyers of the Allahabad excessive court docket and its Lucknow bench have been additionally on strike. The strike will proceed until Wednesday. Within the state capital, a delegation of attorneys led by Kuldeep Narain Mishra, president, Lucknow Bar Affiliation of district court docket, handed over a memorandum to district Justice of the Peace Surya Pal Gangwar at his workplace.
Within the memorandum addressed to the CM, the attorneys demanded motion towards the cops who lathicharged attorneys in Hapur district on August 29. After handing over the memorandum, attorneys additionally took out a protest march from the Collectorate. Nevertheless, the march ended with none untoward incident.
“Lawyers will burn effigy of the chief secretary and police administration on court docket campuses across the state on Tuesday,” mentioned Kuldeep Narain Mishra. In accordance with Anand Mani Tripathi, president, Oudh Bar Affiliation, Lucknow excessive court docket, attorneys of the excessive court docket will stay on strike on Tuesday.
“Because the state authorities has didn’t take motion towards the cops of Hapur, the strike will proceed on Tuesday,” Tripathi mentioned. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had ordered a probe into the Hapur incident on August 30. In accordance with Hapur police, at the least eight police personnel have been additionally injured within the August 29 incident. In one other incident, advocate Manoj Chaudary was shot useless inside his chamber at Ghaziabad tehsil on August 30 allegedly by two masked males.