India, Sept. 7 -- The Bar Council of India on Saturday requested the coordination committees of all district bar associations of Delhi district courts to recall or defer the lawyers strike beginning from September 8.
Earlier on Thursday, the committee had condemned a letter by the police commissioner's office to the principal district and sessions judges about the proposed means of police virtually presenting evidence in courts, and announced the indefinite and intensified lawyers' strike from Monday, saying it was contrary to the assurance given by authorities.
The BCI's letter by its chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra said, "I respect the committee for its efforts in safeguarding the rights of litigants and maintaining the ...