COVID-19: Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu Seeks Financial Assistance From Govt For Financially Weak Lawyers [Read Letter]
Live LawIn reference to the standstill of court work brought by the outbreak of COVID-19, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Thursday wrote to the Chief Minister requesting him to provide financial assistance to young, women and financially weak lawyers practicing in the state. Therefore, many young and women lawyers are finding difficult to make ends meet and it is highly necessary to provide financial assistance to those lawyers at this juncture." The letter also refers to a similar request made by the Bar Council of India, asking the PM and the CMs of all the state to provide a minimum sum of Rs. 20,000/- per month to the young, women additional needy lawyers who are financially suffering due to the lock down through the Tamilnadu Advocates Welfare Fund from the Government of Tamilnadu Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund as early as possible enabling the Bar Council to disburse the same to them."