New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Advocates across the national capital abstained from judicial work on Monday to protest against some provisions of the the three new criminal laws, terming them "draconian" and against the interest of litigants.

The lawyers in Delhi observed the strike in response to a call by the Coordination Committee of All District Court Bar Associations of Delhi.

Also Read | Shillong Teer Results Today, July 15 2024: Check Winning Numbers, Result Chart for Shillong, Khanapara and Juwai Teer Games.

"The coordination committee in its meeting held on July 11 in Tis Hazari Court, unanimously resolved to completely abstain from judicial work on July 15 in protest of some of the draconian provisions such as to remand, etc. in the New Criminal Law, 2023, which are against the dispensation of justice and are against the interest of litigants where it has been provisioned of recording of evidence in police station," said the committee's circular.

"Further, unwarranted interference of judiciary in the matter of chamber renovation and encroaching upon the privacy of the lawyers," said the circular signed by the committee's president Jagdeep Vats and secretary general Atul Kumar Sharma.

Also Read | When Is Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024? From Previous Election Schedule To Likely Poll Dates, Here's All You Need To Know.

Vats said that the call for the strike was successful with lawyers abstaining from work.

Dhir Singh Kasana, advocate in Saket district court and former secretary general of the committee, said that certain provisions of the new criminal law had created resentment among the lawyers.

He claimed that there was unwarranted interference from a district judge in the matter of renovating or adding new constructions to the old private lawyers' chambers in Tis Hazari courts.

The advocates showed solidarity and observed a strike, Kasana said.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)