Supreme Court Bar clerks seek ‘maintenance compensation’

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Updated At : 12:51 PM Jul 01, 2020 IST

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New Delhi, June 30

Maintaining that people’s health can’t be protected by causing uncompensated miseries to individuals, the Supreme Court Bar Clerks Association has filed a petition in the top court seeking a Rs 15,000 monthly “maintenance compensation” from the government, saying a majority of its members had been left unemployed due to the lockdown.

The Centre owed a duty of care both in protecting the health of people and as well as livelihood of every citizen, including, advocates’ clerks, the association submitted.

The petition said the association members, who normally earned Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 a month by way of salary and tips given by litigants, were on the verge of penury. — TNS

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