Lawyers’ strike in Madhya Pradesh has been postponed. This decision was taken in an emergency meeting of the State Bar Council called on Tuesday. The President and other members of the State Bar Council will meet the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in New Delhi on March 29 at 4.30 pm. Lawyers across the State were on strike since March 23 and were not pursuing any case. The President of Madhya Pradesh State Advocates’ Council, Prem Singh Bhadauria said that taking cognizance of the lawyers’ strike in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court has given time for talks on March 29. Due to this, it has been unanimously decided to postpone the strike.

Earlier, the High Court had ordered the subordinate courts to dispose of 25 old cases in three months. P C Kothari, President of District Advocates’ Association, Bhopal, said that in December 2022, the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court had passed an order for all the courts of Madhya Pradesh for speedy disposal of 25 old cases. Due to this, the litigants along with the lawyers are facing immense inconvenience. Judges are under pressure to dispose of old cases quickly. In such a situation, the judges are not hearing new cases. New litigants are being given further dates.

P C Kothari said that there was a demand on behalf of the association in the past also to withdraw this order, but the order was not withdrawn. In protest against this, the Sangh had decided to separate from the work of the court. Kothari says that we have not yet received any official letter to end the strike.

Now we will see on what terms are being talked about. Later, further decision will be taken, he added. About 8,000 lawyers are registered in Bhopal District Advocates’ Association. The strike was going on in the courts of all 52 districts, including the High Court, since Thursday. The State Bar Association was also involved in this strike.

About 92,000 lawyers across the State participated in the strike. Even though the lawyers were on strike across the State for six days, the judges sat in the regular courts and also delivered verdicts.