Lucknow: The Central Bar Association and Lucknow Bar Association submitted a joint eight-point charter of demands to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking stronger legal safeguards for advocates, enhanced welfare benefits and improved court infrastructure. A key demand is Advocates’ Protection Act. State govt was urged to prepare a draft law, circulate it among bar bodies across UP for consultation and implement it.The lawyers’ bodies also sought increase in advocates’ welfare fund from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.They pressed for development of old tehsil premises, land for new courtrooms and parking, rehabilitation of lawyers whose chambers were demolished and conversion of transport department workshop opposite the court into a parking for advocates and litigants.Intervention by authorities was sought in misbehaviour by some administrative and police officials.Exemption was sought from NHAI toll charges for advocates on professional assignments. CCTV cameras with audio-recording facilities were sought in all courtrooms.
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