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"No one is stopping you from going to office. Needless to say, lawyers' offices are expemted" : SC to Delhi Bar Association in petition seeking interstate movement

Lawstreet Journal 17 May 2020 6:23pm

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Judiciary "No one is stopping you from going to office. Needless to say, lawyers' offices are expemted" : SC to Delhi Bar Association in petition seeking interstate movement

The Delhi Bar Council filed an appeal before the High Court of Delhi seeking the court’s decision on permitting lawyers to move in and out of Delhi to present before courts and their respective offices, in line with allowing interstate movement of lawyers. 

The petitioner, Bar Council of Delhi’s Chairman, KC Mittal, endeavored to challenge the judgments of the State of Haryana and the State of Uttar Pradesh to seal the borders they possess with National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) which had rendered it almost impossible for lawyers living in National Capital Region (NCR) to travel to the courts as well as their places of work situated in Delhi.

It was brought to notice that the latest Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines, which were released on 8th May 2020, allowed private offices to work with a limited number of employees and staff. The petition also stated that the Government of Delhi, on 8th May 2020 made a statement clarifying that advocates and chartered accountants will not be thwarted from going to and working from their offices. 

The petitioner argued that if people living in Delhi can go and attend their offices, then why the lawyers residing in the NCR region should be stopped from doing the same.

It stated:

"When residents of Delhi are permitted to access their offices, why should lawyers living in the NCR region be deprived of the same. The non-permitting of advocates to cross the border by the officials and authorities at the border of respondents no. 2 (UP government)… Continue Reading...


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