New Delhi, May 14 -- Delhi District Court lawyers on Thursday abstained from judicial work in support of their demand for the enhancement of Civil pecuniary jurisdiction at trial courts.

The Coordination of Commitment of All District Bar Associations had given a call for abstention from Judicial work.

A meeting was also held by the coordination committee after the strike, which was attended by advocates D K Sharma, Rajpal Kasana, Nagendra Kumar, Rajiv Tehlan, Vijay Bishnoi, Amit Tanwar and other leaders.

Advocate D K Sharma, Chairman of the Coordination Committee of All District Bar Associations, said that the strike was successful. We abstained from work over a long-pending issue of pecuniary jurisdiction. This issue is pending before...