Gujarat govt announces upto 10 fold increase in retainer fee of govt lawyers
May 08, 2016
Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government today announced upto 10 fold hike in retainer fee and payment of government lawyers.
According to this decision retainer fee of Additional govt pleader and Assistant govt advocate will be up from existing Rs 4,000 to Rs 40,000.
Retainer fee of district level govt lawyers will be up from Rs 5,000 to Rs 35,000. Assistant govt pleader fee will be up from Rs 3,000 to Rs 30,000.
Retainer fee of public prosecutors will be Rs 35,000 after this hike.
The announcement was made by Chief Minister Anandiben Patel after inaugurating a one-day seminar on ‘Role of government advocates in Gatisheel Gujarat’ at the Swarnim Sankul in Gandhinagar.
The Chief Minister spoke about govt initiative to start 21 more women’s courts.
The seminar was attended by Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja, Gujarat Government’s Advocate General Kamalbhai Trivedi, APP, AGP, District Government Pleaders and Assistant Government Pleaders, to discuss ways for fast disposal and justice of pending cases and other issues.
– DeshGujarat
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