Bihar lawyers boycott courts

PATNA, MAY 5. Work in Bihar's district courts and the Patna High Court was affected today due to the Bihar Bar Council's strike call to protest against the killing of two lawyers.

Lawyers of district courts held condolence meetings and staged dharnas to protest the killings, Mr. Brij Kishore Prasad, Bihar Bar Council president, said.

Raghuvir Sharan and A. K. Srivastava, senior advocates, were killed last week in Siwan and Bettiah.

Members of the Council, Patna High Court Advocate Association and lawyers associations held a joint condolence meeting and sat on a dharna before the Patna High Court.

Mr. Prasad and a delegation of the lawyers associations met the Governor, Mr. V. C. Pande and gave him a memorandum asking security for lawyers.

They also demanded an ex-gratia payment of Rs 25 Lakh to the dependents of the advocates.

- PTI

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