New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- The Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi on Sunday issued a circular, calling all member advocates to abstain from work on Monday to protest against the recent amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules regarding the mechanism to dispose of traffic challans.
The circular said its members have unanimously resolved to observe a one-day "abstention from work" on September 21 as a token protest against the amended Rule 167, which they termed as "draconian and arbitrary".
The bar body objected to three specific aspects of the amendment, including the "proposed/implemented transfer of adjudicatory powers over contested challans from judicial magistrates to Sub-Divisional Magistrates ...