Chennai: The joint action committee has now decided to suspend the agitation. But, it is still remains to be seen whether the issue will be resolved in an amicable manner to ensure litigant public get quicker justice.
The JAC in its general body meeting at Erode on August 14 passed a resolution resolving to suspend immediately the agitation. It said, “All advocates of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will resume their work in courts from August 16 onwards. The executive committee of JAC will be called in the last week of August to assess the follow ups”.
P.Thirumalairajan, chief coordinator of JAC, told this correspondent they have decided to suspend the agitation including boycott of courts till August 25 to show their bonafides since the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Madras high court say that advocates were not coming for talks. “In spite of our request for audience, no audience was granted. The BCI is taking up our cause and they are in line with us. There is a possibility that the high court’s rule committee will positively consider our demands”, he added.
M.Velmurugan, former member of Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (BCTP), who attended JAC meeting said, “To my knowledge, this is the first time the advocates are abstaining from courts for a long time. Even for the February 19, 2009 police-advocates clash, when I was secretary of MHAA, advocates abstained from courts for only a month. Now, throughout the State, the boycott was a near total except Madras high court and its bench in Madurai, where it was partial”.
When contacted, S. Prabakaran, Co-Chairman of BCI said, “I am flying to Delhi along with D. Selvam, Chairman of BCTP today. Pursuant to peace talks between BCI, BCTP, JAC has decided to suspend the strike and to resume court work from August 16(Tuesday). I welcome this decision and thank the Tamil Nadu lawyers. We will meet BCI chairman Mannan Kumar Misra on Tuesday and discuss further course of action to arrive at an amicable solution”.
