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Published on: 15 September 2023 at 11:16 IST
The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has decided to conclude the ongoing strike by lawyers, which was sparked by a recent incident of a police lathi-charge on legal professionals in Hapur district.
This decision comes after the State government agreed to the demands put forth by the bar association, including the dismissal of first information reports (FIRs) against the protesting lawyers and the suspension or reassignment of police officials found culpable in the incident.
The lawyers had also called for compensation to be provided to those advocates who were injured during the lathi-charge, as well as the implementation of the Advocates Protection Act within the state.
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The government has acquiesced to all these requests, prompting a directive sent to lawyers across the state via text message, instructing them to resume work from September 16.
The origins of this dispute stem from a protest organized by lawyers in response to a police case filed against advocate Priyanka Tyagi. This protest allegedly led to the police using force against the lawyers in Hapur last month. In reaction to the incident, the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh decided to abstain from participating in judicial proceedings.
The matter came under the purview of the Allahabad High Court, which took suo motu cognizance of the strike.
On September 4, the High Court issued an order for the Uttar Pradesh government to incorporate retired judicial officer Hari Nath Pandey as a member of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) tasked with examining the case. Subsequently, in a special session convened
On September 10, the High Court constituted a committee, headed by sitting judge Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, to investigate the incident further.
The committee was originally scheduled to convene its inaugural meeting on September 16. However, the strike now called off.