Lawyers call off stir as CJ agrees to hear pecuniary limit

A lawyers' body today decided to call off its two-day-long stir over the Delhi High Court's recommendation to raise pecuniary limit of civil suits of lower courts from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 2 crore after the Chief Justice and the administrative committee allowed it to give representation on the issue.
The day-long consultations between the leaders of Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) with Chief Justice D Murugesan and other senior High Court judges resulted in an amicable interim solution of the issue, leading to the calling off the strike.
"In view of the assurance given by the Chief Justice and the administrative committee to place our representation on the issue of pecuniary jurisdiction before the full court, we called off the strike," President of DHCBA, A S Chandhiok said.

"We will be allowed make a fresh representation to the full court for consideration," General Secretary of DHCBA, Mohit Mathur said.
Meanwhile, most of the courtrooms in the High Court wore a deserted look as lawyers abstained from courts today. Litigants took adjournments in their respective matters.
An unprecedented face-off took place between the judges and the DHCBA, which, in its notice, decided to observe May 27 as a black day and asked lawyers to abstain from courts to protest the "Lordship's betrayal" of Bar on the issue.
The lawyers' body also termed it as "backstabbing".
The high court judges then held a full court meeting and decided to stand by the Chief Justice, slamming the lawyers' body for "intemperate" language in the notice.