Lawyers strike against govt order to transfer police stations

Lawyers at Tis Hazari court today struck work to protest Delhi government's recent order transferring three police stations of west district to south- west district under the Dwarka courts.
Delhi Bar Association (DBA), which has called for the strike, said the lawyers would stay away from work tomorrow also and claimed the government's order was "arbitrary and illegal" and was passed without consulting the association.
In June, Delhi government decided to reorganise west and south-west civil districts, sessions division, metropolitan areas of capital, to ease administrative access for people.
By this order, three police stations - Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri and Janakpuri from West district under Tis Hazari Court, were transferred to South West district so as to enable the cases under their jurisdiction be filed in the sessions division at the Dwarka Court Complex.

Advocate Sanjeev Nasiar, President of DBA, termed today's strike as successful and said the lawyers are likely to meet the Lieutenant Governor tomorrow to apprise him about the situation and the "repercussions of the illegal order".
"DBA has submitted objection to the order and placed its proposal for return of order passed by Delhi government with direction to reorganise all districts of Delhi for convenience of litigants, lawyers and other stake holders," he said.
The decision by the AAP government to transfer the three police stations were taken a Cabinet meeting.
The order had, however, said the existing criminal cases relating to police stations of Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri and Janakpuri, which were filed and are pending in the Sessions Court at Tis Hazari should not be transferred to the Sessions Court at Dwarka.