Dehradun, April 6 -- The recent skirmish between Dehradun District Magistrate (DM) Savin Bansal and the Dehradun Bar Association has reached a critical point. On 4 April lawyers officially launched an agitation, declaring that all work in the Revenue Court would be suspended until the DM is transferred. This has to do with the strictures passed by the DM against senior lawyer and former Bar Association President Prem Chand Sharma. The action planned by the legal fraternity includes boycott of the DM's court and suspension of all work at the Collectorate till the transfer takes place.
It may also be noted that a long-standing dispute involves the demand for additional land to construct lawyers' chambers. While the administration previously ...