Strike of Lawyers successful in Gujarat High Court
February 01, 2011
Strike of Lawyers successful in Gujarat High Court
Ahmedabad, 1 February, 2011
Gujarat High Court lawyers today observed one-day strike against pending appointments of High Court judges.
Ideally Gujarat High Court should have 42 judges, but only 19 judges are active presently. Of them four will be retiring soon, but there’s no sign of fresh appointments. The proposal is appointment of new judges is pending in Delhi for last 18 months. According to High Court Bar Association Chief Mr. Yatin Oza, lacking of enough judges is affecting 50% work of legal process.
Tomorrow(Wednesday) all advocates across the state will go on strike for same reason.
Bar Association will take this issue to Supreme Court this week according to Oza.
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