The
Allahabad High Court said that Lawyers’ strike waste not only judicial time but
also cause immense loss and harm to all the social values and leads to rising
pendency of cases, adversely affecting the system of justice delivery. If
courts of law remain closed for long periods, people may take recourse to other
means for redressal of their grievances, including those which may have no
sanction of law.
The Division Bench
of Chief Acting Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Kshitij Shailendra passed this
order while hearing a PIL filed by Jang Bahadur Kushwaha.
The petition, filed
in public interest, highlights an alarming situation which not only relates to
disruption of functioning of courts at Tehsil Rasra, District Ballia but also
raises serious concerns which immediately need to be addressed by the State Bar
Council of Uttar Pradesh.
The prayer, inter
alia, made in the petition is to issue a direction commanding the competent
authorities to take necessary, effective and immediate action against the
concerned lawyers/ concerned office bearers of Tehsil Bar Association, Rasara,
District Ballia, who are responsible for calling strike, which is still
continuing since 31.01.2023 till date, against the several verdicts of the Apex
Court, so that judicial functioning of concerned courts of Tehsil Rasara,
District Ballia is restored immediately.