Rajasthan govt to table Bill to protect lawyers in assembly on March 15

JAIPUR: A cabinet sub-committee met representatives of the various bar associations on Thursday and decided to table the Advocates Protection Bill on March 15 during the current session of the assembly.
Lawyers have been agitating across the state and boycotting courts for the last 20 days following the brutal murder of an advocate in Jodhpur on February 19. After the meeting, law minister Shanti Dhariwal said the government has agreed to table the Bill drafted in 2021 on March 15 for discussion and pass it on March 21.
"Since the business of the House has already been decided till March 20 by the business advisory committee (BAC), the House will take up a discussion on the Bill on March 21 and pass it," he said.
Lawyers' bodies to decide next action in meeting today
The protesting lawyers had demanded compensation for the family of the murdered lawyer and planned to gherao the Assembly. The lawyers' associations said they woud decide their next course of action at a meeting on Friday.
Law minister Shanti Dhariwal, PHED minister Mahesh Joshi, agriculture minister Lalchand Kataria, revenue minister Ramlal Jat, food and civil supplies minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, minister of state for ayurveda Subhash Garg, principal law secretary Gyan Prakash, law secretary Anupama Bijlani represented the government in the talks. AAG Vibhuti Bhushan Sharma; HC Advocates' Association's Jodhpur president Ranjit Joshi; HC Lawyers' Association's Jodhpur chief Ravi Bhansali; HC Bar Association's Jaipur general secretary Balram Vashisht; JBA president Kamal Kishore and general secretary Manoj Sharma represented the lawyers.