Bar Council of India— DC File

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Bar Council chairman Balaji Yalamanjula has urged the Bar Council of India (BCI) to extend advocates’ welfare and insurance benefits to all states on the lines of Delhi.

Balaji met BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra in New Delhi on Saturday and stressed the need to ensure social security for advocates across the country. He called for coordinated action by the BCI and state governments to extend the benefits.

Mishra assured him that the matter would be considered.

Earlier, newly elected BCI members Chidambaram Kaligineedi from Andhra Pradesh and C.M. Dhananjaya from Karnataka took charge in the presence of the BCI chairman.


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