Patna: Lawyers demand financial aid

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 10:57 IST

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PATNA: The Patna High Court (PHC) Lawyers’ Association on Wednesday urged CM Nitish Kumar to provide financial assistance to the lawyers during the lockdown period, as all activities in various courts of the state have come to a halt from March 6.
PHC Lawyers’ Association executive member Manju Sharma wrote a letter to the CM on Wednesday urging him to provide a financial assistance of Rs 20,000 per month to the lawyers and Rs 10,000 per month to the clerks.
She also informed the CM that the lawyers have raised a fund of Rs 2 crore to provide assistance to the needy advocates, but this is a ‘meagre sum’. “Suspension of all court-related work has put unprecedented financial constraint on the advocates and their clerks,” Sharma wrote in the letter addressed to the CM, pointing out that majority of the lawyers and clerks are on the brink of starvation and unable to support their families.
Sharma, in her letter to the CM, has also mentioned that the lawyers are an indispensable part of the justice delivery system and the state government should provide financial assistance to them to safeguard their lives.