Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- Lawyers staged a protest across the state against a proposed amendment to the Advocates Act, 1961, prohibiting them from boycotting and abstaining from court work.

The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has also given a call for statewide strike in all district courts and high court on February 25 against the recent draft of the Advocates (Amendment) Bill proposed by the Union law ministry that will prohibit advocates from going on strike.

Lawyers across the state boycotted court and staged a protest.

In the state capital, advocates of the district court took out a protest march from the Old High Court Crossing up to the GPO Crossing, Hazratganj.

Police personnel were deployed in large numbers at the busy Hazratganj cros...