Short Essay on Strike by Advocates – Lawyers are officers of the court and shoulder enormous responsibilities towards their clients and towards the society at large.
On a lawyer’s work depends reputations and sometimes lives. The lawyers, therefore, have no right whatsoever to go on strike. If there is any need for a protest they may issue press statements or appear in TV interviews and may also carry banners and placards, wear any kind of armbands in protest outside court premises.
They may also stage dharnas or relay fasts etc or take to any method of civil protest without resorting to violence and without causing any disruption to the court work.
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All lawyers must boldly refuse to abide by any call for strike or boycotts, neither can any lawyer be threatened with adverse consequences by any association or Council, and no threat or coercion of any nature including that of expulsion can be made.
The courts are under no obligation to adjourn matters due to lawyers’ strike. On the contrary it is the duty of the courts to go on with matters on their boards even in the absence of lawyers. In other words, courts must not be privy to strikes or calls of boycott.
If a lawyer holding a vakalatnama of a client abstains from attending court due to strike call, he shall be personally liable to pay costs in addition to damages which he might have to pay to his client for any loss or inconvenience suffered by him on account of his lawyer going on strike.