Patna: ‘Set up vaccination camps for lawyers’

PATNA: The law department has written a letter to the health department urging it to set up special camps in the high court and subordinate courts for vaccination of the lawyers across the state.
The letter dated June 25 has been written by law department secretary PC Choudhary in the backdrop of several lawyers’ associations continuously demanding vaccination for them.
Bihar state bar council chairman Ramakant Sharma said there are around 1.5 lakh lawyers enrolled in the state and 1.25 lakh of them are practising at the high court and in subordinate courts. “Once all lawyers are fully vaccinated, they will be protected from the third wave. It would greatly help in restarting physical functioning of the courts, which are running in virtual mode,” he said.
“A fortnight ago, I wrote to the state government to allocate Rs50 crore for lawyers in the state to assist them financially. Majority of us earn on a daily basis. The pandemic has badly affected our fraternity, especially the young lawyers,” Sharma said.