Western UP lawyers extend strike till Aug 30

The number of undertrial prisoners have increased in different district jails

Lawyers in western Uttar Pradesh continued their stir for 15th day today, leading to a sharp increase in the number of undertrial prisoners in different district jails.

Intensifying their agitation for a separate bench of the Allahabad High Court in western region, the State High Court Bench Action Committee here has decided to extend its boycott till August 30, chairman of the action committee Udey Bir Singh said.

He said further course of action will be decided in Noida on August 31.

Judicial work in more than 20 western districts has come to a standstill as the lawyers are on strike since August 13.

While legal practitioners in western region of the state are in favour of the creation of a new bench, some lawyers in other areas are vehemently opposed to the same as such a move is likely to deprive them of a sizable clientele.