Courts cannot be treated like industrial establishments where strikes may occur, as strikes by lawyers to abstain from court work would bring the wheels of justice to a standstill, observed the Allahabad High Court.
The Aurangabad bench commenced online hearings for matters in the new building, which was one of the demands of the lawyers who had been on strike from October 4.
The lawyers have decided to boycott court proceedings from October 4, citing difficulty in shuffling between the two wings of the court building for matters.
A Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M Trivedi lamented the BCI's delay putting forth concrete steps to prevent advocates from going on strike.