SC Dismisses Plea Seeking Uniform Welfare Scheme for Lawyers In Distress Due To Lockdown [Read Order]

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition which had been filed seeking for directions to the Government as well as the State Bar Councils to formulate a welfare scheme for lawyers who had been affected by the national lockdown imposed in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filed by Advocate Abhinav Ramkrishna, the plea averred that the government was a mute spectator to the financial distress...