The prolonged lockdown and closure of Courts and Tribunals has had a debilitating impact on lawyers. They have been driven to penury and are forced to travel with migrant labour in a desperate bid to get to their hometowns. <\/p>\n
This is revealed in a report in Mumbai Mirror<\/a>. <\/p>\n The report states that there has been an exodus of thousands of lawyers. <\/p>\n While some walked and hitch-hiked back to their hometowns in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat, many of them took Shramik trains, even accepting 35 kg ration and Rs 1,000 cash on arrival in their states.<\/p>\n RM Mishra, the President of Andheri Bar Association, revealed that around 80 per cent of 2,000 lawyers in the Andheri magistrate court are from other states, and nearly 30 per cent of them have left.<\/p>\n A lawyer named Amit Mishra, practising in the Borivali court, left for his hometown in UP early last month. He hired a car for his family while two of his friends walked till Nashik and then hitchhiked. <\/p>\n \u201cWe were told everyone would get Rs 2,000 from the government and that the associations were trying to get us financial aid but no money ever came,<\/em>\u201d Mishra lamented.<\/p>\n Another lawyer named Santosh Pandey, a resident of Mira Road, was also in a sorry state. <\/p>\n \u201cI drove all the way back for 36 hours. I do not see the courts fully opening anytime soon,<\/em>\u201d Pandey was quoted as saying. <\/p>\n Advocate Imrran Farooqui from the Bandra Bar Association pointed out that 40 lawyers from one single extended family have left for their village in UP. He said there are at least 100 more who have left. <\/p>\n \u201cWhile asking for votes everyone comes forward, but where were they when lawyers needed them?<\/em>\u201d Farooqui demanded to know. <\/p>\n Respected Sir , — Sumit goswami (@Sumitgo38785326) May 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n
In the pandemic situation of covid -19 in india ,
There is no such relief of the advocate faternity – more than 2 months advocates are in the financial hardship and we are looking at you for the hope and relief of the Advocates in this situation.<\/p>\n