Delhi HC Asks Advocate Welfare Fund Trust and Bar Council of Delhi to Prepare A Report On Providing Assistance To Advocates Suffering Due To COVID19

The Delhi High Court has asked the Advocates Welfare Fund Trust and Bar Council of Delhi to submit a report stating a roadmap on how to address the financial hardship faced by advocates due to COVID19. While highlighting that the writ of mandamus cannot be issued to a Trust for doing charity, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan requested both...