The Bar Council of India has decided to put a rest to its vendetta against the Law Commission of India, hours after a meet with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad..A delegation headed by BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, along with other representatives of the BCI, the Delhi High Court Bar Association and district bar associations, met the Law Minister today at 5 pm..According to a resolution passed by the BCI, Prasad assured the lawyers that no action will be taken on the Law Commission’s 266th Report proposing wholesale changes to the Advocates Act. The Law Minister also clarified that the Centre did not have any say in the Report published last month..In response to Prasad’s assurance, the BCI decided to call off all protests and agitations against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill drafted by the Law Commission, including the march of advocates scheduled for May 2..The BCI and other lawyers’ associations had earlier resolved to abstain from court proceedings today, and burn copies of the 266th Report in protest of “draconian, anti-lawyer” changes seen as a threat to the legal profession..Read the BCI’s resolution:
The Bar Council of India has decided to put a rest to its vendetta against the Law Commission of India, hours after a meet with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad..A delegation headed by BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, along with other representatives of the BCI, the Delhi High Court Bar Association and district bar associations, met the Law Minister today at 5 pm..According to a resolution passed by the BCI, Prasad assured the lawyers that no action will be taken on the Law Commission’s 266th Report proposing wholesale changes to the Advocates Act. The Law Minister also clarified that the Centre did not have any say in the Report published last month..In response to Prasad’s assurance, the BCI decided to call off all protests and agitations against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill drafted by the Law Commission, including the march of advocates scheduled for May 2..The BCI and other lawyers’ associations had earlier resolved to abstain from court proceedings today, and burn copies of the 266th Report in protest of “draconian, anti-lawyer” changes seen as a threat to the legal profession..Read the BCI’s resolution:
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