Lawyers Strike Continues In Jammu To Affect Work In Courts kmsnews.org

In occupied Kashmir, work at the High Court and subordinate courts remained affected in all parts of Jammu region due to indefinite strike by lawyers against the recent decision to divest the judicial courts of powers to register various documents and proposal to shift the High Court from its present location to outskirts of the city.

Due to lawyers’ strike court complexes in different parts of the Jammu region witnessed deserted look with even litigants preferring not to visit the courts. In some districts like Kathua and Samba, the lawyers held protest demonstration and staged sit-in to lodge protest over the decision. Besides opposing snatching of powers to register documents from the judicial officers, the lawyers are also opposing shifting of the High Court to Raika, which will not only lead to ecological disaster but also cause inconvenience to the general public and advocates.