Jharkhand State Bar Council Earmarks Rs. 50 Lakh For Welfare of Advocates Amid Lockdown; BCI To Provide Rs. 45 Lakh [Read Order]

The State Bar Council of Jharkhand on Monday informed the High Court that it had earmarked a sum of Rs. 50 Lakh to meet out the exigencies during the period of COVID-19. The Division Bench of Of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad has accordingly directed the Advocate Welfare Fund Trustee Committee of the state to convene a meeting at the earliest and devise...