Lawyers call to protest when Bill is at draft stage is premature: Bombay HC

Bar Council of India has addressed a communication dated 26th March 2017 (Exh.B,page­24) to all the Secretaries of the State Bar Councils, informing of the said resolution and requesting the Bar Councils and Bar Associations to abstain from Court work on 31 st March 2017. The petitioners have referred to the popular judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Ex­Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India, AIR 2003 SC 739. According to the petitioners, a stage has not yet come, where the community of lawyers are required to protest, since the suggestions made by the Law Commission against which the B...