bihar bureau
Patna; Mrs Chhaya Mishra,a leading lawyer of Patna High Court and former joint secretary of the Advocates Association on Saturday demanded monthly stipend of Rs 5000 to budding lawyers in the state
In a communication to the Bar Council,she said the young lawyers with three years practice in the Bar and having an annual income of Rs one lakh should be given stipend from the Advocates welfare fund.
Mrs Chhaya Mishra said monthly stipend would help attract law graduates to litigation ,trial advocacy at the districts level also.
She suggested the proposed monthly stipend should be deposited directly to the accounts of beneficiary young advocates.
Mrs Chhaya Mishra recalled the Bar Council of Kerala has issued notification for monthly stipend to the young advocates below 30 years and enforced the government order issued in March 2018.
She demanded the Bihar State Bar Council should frame stipend rules and start extending benefits to the deserving lawyers from New year.
Mrs Chhaya Mishra quoted the chief justice of India, Mr N V Ramanna for his speech at NALSAR Law university on December 19 in which he regretted few law graduates from the law schools are interested in joining litigation,let alone practice at the district courts.
Mrs Chhaya Mishra said fascination to join legal firms would be less once budding lawyers are given stipends to attract them to trial advocacy.Bar council has sufficient fund for the stipends,leading woman lawyer claimed.