Proceedings in many courts across the country were affected on Wednesday as lawyers abstained from work in response to Bar Council of India’s call to observe July 11 and 12 as protest days to oppose the Higher Education and Research Bill. Working of many courts in various parts of the country including Maharashtra, Tripura, and Uttar Pradesh was affected due to the lawyers boycott.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has been opposing the Higher Education and Research Bill, which is aimed at regulating the legal education, saying it is an attempt to deprive the Bar Council of India of its powers and autonomy regarding regulation of legal education in the country.

In Delhi the strike affected the court proceedings in the six district courts complexes at Patiala House, Tis Hazari, Rohini, Dwarka, Saket and Karkardooma. AIR correspondent reports that the hearing of many cases could not be taken up today due to boycott of lawyers causing great inconvenience to the litigants.