Plea filed seeking inclusion of lawyers in essential services
4 years, 8 months ago

Plea filed seeking inclusion of lawyers in essential services

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the State and the Central government to file affidavits in a plea seeking inclusion of lawyers in the list of essential services. Advocate Chirag Chanani and others filed a public interest litigation through advocate Shyam Devani, stating that services rendered by advocates should be included in the list of essential services and they should be allowed to travel by the special suburban trains. The PIL said lawyers practising in various courts in the city and suburbs and are restricted from commuting by local train as they are not recognised as essential services as per a circular issued by the Divisional Railway Manager. The lawyers have sought direction from the court to State government, Commissioner of Police and Railways to include them in the list of essential staff so that they are able to travel via local trains.

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Can't go beyond medical advice to allow lawyers to use local trains: HC
3 years, 8 months ago

Can't go beyond medical advice to allow lawyers to use local trains: HC

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while it was aware of the hardships faced by lawyers in Mumbai, it could not go beyond medical advice and permit them to use the local train services for travelling to work. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni, however, directed the Maharashtra government to inform the court …

COVID-19 | Can’t go beyond medical advice to allow use of local trains for lawyers: Bombay HC
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 | Can’t go beyond medical advice to allow use of local trains for lawyers: Bombay HC

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on July 13 said while it was aware of the hardships faced by lawyers in Mumbai, it could not go beyond medical advice and permit them to use local train services for travelling to work. Kulkarni, however, directed the Maharashtra government to inform the court by July 16 of its decision on whether 60 registered judicial …

Why Can't Lawyers Be Allowed On Local Trains? Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt In Bar Council's Plea
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Can't Lawyers Be Allowed On Local Trains? Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt In Bar Council's Plea

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the State to decide on allowing lawyers to commute on local trains by July 1,considering the lack of public transportation and the increase in pendency of cases before various courts. Hearing a PIL filed by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa against the exclusion of lawyers from local travel, Chief Justice Dipankar …

Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Declaration Of Advocates, Clerks As Essential Service Workers Amid COVID Restrictions
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea In Kerala High Court Seeks Declaration Of Advocates, Clerks As Essential Service Workers Amid COVID Restrictions

Live Law  

A plea has been filed in the Kerala praying that advocates be declared as essential service workers amid the ongoing restrictions on work and movement within the state of Kerala. "The continuous functioning of the Judiciary cannot be put to rest and therefore, it has to function at all times with the participation of the advocates and hence by its …

Maha Govt Tells Bombay HC That It Has Rejected Lawyers' Demand to be Recognised as 'Essential Services'
4 years, 7 months ago

Maha Govt Tells Bombay HC That It Has Rejected Lawyers' Demand to be Recognised as 'Essential Services'

News 18  

The Maharashtra government on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it has rejected the representations made by lawyers from the city seeking that legal services be recognised as essential services and that lawyers and their staff be allowed to travel by local trains. On August 5, the secretary of the state Disaster Management Relief and Rehabilitation unit had passed …

No Discrimination Against Lawyers If Court Staff, Staff Of Advocate General's Office Or Staff Of GP's Office Allowed To Travel In Local Trains; State Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]
4 years, 7 months ago

No Discrimination Against Lawyers If Court Staff, Staff Of Advocate General's Office Or Staff Of GP's Office Allowed To Travel In Local Trains; State Tells Bombay HC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

The state government has submitted before the Bombay High Court in affidavit that lawyers cannot allege discrimination if court staff or staff of the advocate general's office or the staff of government pleader's office are being allowed to travel in local trains and buses. Moreover addressing contentions made by the petitioners regarding discrimnation being caused to them as court staff …

Bombay HC Rejects PIL Seeking Inclusion Of Services Rendered By Lawyers In The Category Of "Essential Services" [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Bombay HC Rejects PIL Seeking Inclusion Of Services Rendered By Lawyers In The Category Of "Essential Services" [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court last Friday rejected the criminal writ petition filed by an advocate seeking declaration of services rendered by lawyers as essential service and thus exempt lawyers from restrictions imposed with regard to movement of traffic during lockdown. Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice Madhav Jamdar concluded that it was within the exclusive domain of the …

Lawyers Seeking Declaration Of Services Rendered By Them As Essential Service; Two Separate Benches Of Bombay HC Issue Notice To State, Centre & BC[Read Petition]
4 years, 8 months ago

Lawyers Seeking Declaration Of Services Rendered By Them As Essential Service; Two Separate Benches Of Bombay HC Issue Notice To State, Centre & BC[Read Petition]

Live Law  

Two separate benches of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notices to State, Centre and Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in two separate proceedings by lawyers seeking the same relief, declaration of services rendered by lawyers as an essential service. While the bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice MS Karnik was hearing a PIL filed by Advocate …

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