Rs1-lakh relief for victim lawyers' kin

Covid: Bar Council also to provide Rs20K to infected advocates seeking aid

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 18

The Punjab and Haryana Bar Council has decided to give a financial help of Rs1 lakh to the family of advocate succumbing to Covid. Besides, the council has also decided to provide a monetary help of Rs20,000 to needy advocates found infected.

Karanjit Singh, chairman of council, said so far, 12 advocates, who tested positive for the virus, had been given a financial help of Rs20,000 each.

He said a financial help of Rs1 lakh each would soon be given to the families of two advocates, one from Kurukshetra in Haryana and another from Rajpura in Punjab, who died of Covid.

The financial aid is being provided from the advocate welfare fund of the council and donations.

Karanjit Singh said the council also provided a financial help of over Rscrore to around 2,000 advocates of the region who faced fiscal crisis due to the restricted functioning of the courts.

The council had so far received 3,400 applications for financial help. The council has over 1 lakh members in the two states and Chandigarh.