Access to justice a fundamental right, lawyers form integral part of system: Bombay HC to govt
(WorldNews India)

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to decide expeditiously by August 4 representations made by lawyers and the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa seeking to include lawyers and their staff on the list of persons rendering essential services and allow to travel in special local trains during the pandemic. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sarang V Kotwal heard, through video-conference, a PIL that claimed several lawyers did not own private vehicles and it became difficult for them to commute to the court and so they should be included on the list of persons entitled to travel in special local trains and declared as rendering essential...