Respite to legal fraternity : CM Yogi orders immediate payment of advocates’ bills
Lucknow, 13 June (HS) : In a major move to bring respite to the legal fraternity who have been affected by the COVID-19, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed the officials to expedite the payment of all the lawyers engaged by the government- including the government as well as private lawyers. Taking note of the extreme difficulty faced by the lawyer community, the CM has ordered to immediately clear payment of bills of the advocates by completing the process soon.
The pace of work in courts across the state has slowed down owing to the Covid pandemic. And, it has severely affected the lawyers as they had no steady income. Standing by them in these difficult times, CM Yogi assured that the dues of the employees will be cleared soon and the all payments will be released.
Rs 20 crore allocated for construction of Advocate Chambers
The Uttar Pradesh government has always worked for the welfare of the lawyers, who are an important pillar of the society. In the four year tenure, a provision of Rs. 5 crore for the corpus fund was made to provide financial assistance to young advocates. Also, a proposal for an amount of Rs. 20 crore was made for the construction of Advocate Chamber and development of other infrastructure facilities in various districts of the state. Not only this, the government made a budget provision of Rs. 10 crore for young advocates to facilitate purchase of books and magazines etc.
Yogi Government for the Courts
The Uttar Pradesh government in the 2021-2022 budget decided to set up National Law University in Prayagraj while Rs 450 crore has been allocated for buildings of courts in districts. An amount of Rs 100 crore is proposed for construction of houses for judges of the High Court. A budget provision of Rs 150 crore has been made for building construction of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court and Rs 450 crore for Allahabad High Court is made. Rs 20 crore received from the sale of welfare stamps is being proposed for transfer to the trustee committee of Lawyers Welfare Fund.
