Aizawl, July 12 NNN: In protest against the proposed ‘The Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011’ and other proposed legislations of the central government, the two-day (Wednesday and Thursday) “cessation of work” called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) has been endorsed by Mizoram Bar Association.
Observing the protest, the Mizoram Bar Association set ablaze a copy of The Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011 in front of the Court here in the state capital yesterday.
The lawyers of Mizoram, along with their counterparts in other parts of the country, since yesterday crippled the judicial works of the state. Mizoram Bar Association yesterday held general body meeting, after which they had burnt the bill.
Meanwhile, the lawyers in Delhi gathered at Jantar Mantar in protest against the central government proposed legislation.
If “The Higher Education and Research Bill, 2011” and the other proposed legislations are passed in the parliament, “the legislations will harm the autonomy of the BCI and its members”; “Foreign colleges, foreign solicitor firms and lawyers from other countries would be allowed to work in India”; “The Ministry of Human Resource Development shall constitute a small body to regulate the Bar Council of India, which will enable the ruling political leaders to influence the judiciary”, members of the Bar Council of India across the country claimed.
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