Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) on Wednesday distributed cheques worth Rs 5 lakhs to the dependents of those lawyers, who d.
Allahabad High Court To Consider Request Of Bar Association For Closure Of HC For Two Weeks In Wake Of Rising Corona Cases
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President of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association has urged the High Court to close for at least a period of two weeks and emphasized the need for a complete lockdown in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Senior Advocate Amrendra Nath Singh, as recorded in an Order of the Allahabad High Court, has urged that High Court should be closed for at least two weeks so that litigants and lawyers may not rush to the Court and the spread of infection is contained .
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The Court has issued a slew of directions taking note of the COVID19 second wave.
In a suo moto action taken in view of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Government and Indian Counsel for Medical Research to consider giving vaccination to students pursing higher education and giving board examinations. Central Government and Indian Counsel for Medical Research must rethink for extending the benefit of vaccination to students pursuing higher education and those appearing in Board examination of high school and intermediate looking to the large scale infection in population of younger generation. If the Board and other examination conducting bodies are going for offline examination then government must explore viability to extend benefit of vaccination to such students as well , the Court observed.
Markets wear a deserted look in the city on Tuesday as traders closed shops on a call given by lawyers of the Allahabad High court
Prayagraj: The Prayagraj bandh (closure) call given by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) in protest against the Education Service Tribunal Bill received an overwhelming response as majority of markets of the city remained closed on Tuesday.
The bandh call was supported by various traders, students, teachers, employees’ organizations of the city.
The call for the closure was given by the lawyers to mark their protest against the Education Service Tribunal Bill, which proposes to set up the principal seat of this tribunal at Lucknow instead of the Sangam city.
Prayagraj: The ongoing agitation of lawyers of Allahabad High Court took a new turn on Thursday when the lawyers along with several other organizations resolved to observe Prayagraj ‘bandh’ (closure) on March 9 in protest against the Education Service Tribunal Bill.
Meanwhile, working in the Allahabad high court remained disrupted as the boycott of work initiated by the lawyers in protest against the Education Service Tribunal Bill continued for the 10th consecutive day on Thursday.
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) had been protesting against the Bill, which provides for setting up of the principal bench of the Education Service Tribunal at Lucknow, instead at Prayagraj.