Lawyers to return to work from tomorrow

Jammu, Aug 28: Lawyers from Jammu Division would return to work and start judicial proceedings in local bench of high court and other subordinate courts from tomorrow in view of the decision taken by Bar Association of Jammu(BAJ) to call off its indefinite strike.

Baj president Ved Raj Wazir told UNI that lawyers would return to work in all the courts of Jammu divisons as per the unanimous decision, taken by the members of the association on August 25 to call off indefinite strike,in effect from tomorrow.

The decision to call off strike was taken in the General House of BAJ in view of Special Leave Petitions(SLPS) in Supreme Court, filed by the agrieved parties of the infamous Kashmir sex scandal for trial of their cases outside Jammu and Kashmir, to come up for hearing today.

''Even we were demanding that cases related to Kashmir sex scandal be transferred to Jammu or any other court outside the state for fair trial. Since the agrieved parties have themselves knocked the doors of Supreme Court ,it is now for the Apex Court to take appropriate decision in the matter.'' Mr. Wazir said.

With the calling off of lawyers strike ,the people whose cases arepending for hearing in local bench of high court and other subordinate courts for about two months ,would take sigh of relief.

The lawyers had started indefinite strike on June 28 against the denial of right of defence and threat issued to lawyers in Srinagar while representing their clients in sex scandal cases.

UNI