<p>Only a handful of petitions were heard by judges in the High Court on Monday, as a large section of the advocates abstained from work. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The advocates were showing solidarity with the lawyers’ fraternity across the country in condemning the killing of an advocate by a policeman on the Allahabad court premises recently. <br /><br />R V Sreerama Reddy, secretary, Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) said that almost all advocates from the lower courts, including the sessions, magistrate and civil courts, had abstained from work. P P Hegde, chairman, Karnataka State Bar Council, in a statement, demanded that Rs 50 lakh be paid as compensation to the family of the deceased advocate and investigation against the accused be conducted by the CBI within three months. <br /><br />Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar expressed displeasure over the abstention, saying that the advocates were punishing their clients. <br /><br />He said that the Supreme Court had ruled that it was illegal for advocates to go on strike or abstain from work. <br /><br />“The court works for only 180 days in a year. Any protest can be held on the 185 non-working days. They should have chosen a holiday, instead of a working day,” he said.<br /></p>
<p>Only a handful of petitions were heard by judges in the High Court on Monday, as a large section of the advocates abstained from work. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The advocates were showing solidarity with the lawyers’ fraternity across the country in condemning the killing of an advocate by a policeman on the Allahabad court premises recently. <br /><br />R V Sreerama Reddy, secretary, Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) said that almost all advocates from the lower courts, including the sessions, magistrate and civil courts, had abstained from work. P P Hegde, chairman, Karnataka State Bar Council, in a statement, demanded that Rs 50 lakh be paid as compensation to the family of the deceased advocate and investigation against the accused be conducted by the CBI within three months. <br /><br />Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar expressed displeasure over the abstention, saying that the advocates were punishing their clients. <br /><br />He said that the Supreme Court had ruled that it was illegal for advocates to go on strike or abstain from work. <br /><br />“The court works for only 180 days in a year. Any protest can be held on the 185 non-working days. They should have chosen a holiday, instead of a working day,” he said.<br /></p>
