Allahabad, May 9 (PTI) The lawyers of Allahabad High Court will abstain from judicial work on Tuesday, demanding prompt listing of new cases.

An emergency meeting was held on Monday and a decision to refrain from judicial work was taken, said the High Court Bar Association (HCBA). Senior advocate and HCBA president RK Ojha said that several letters were sent to Hon'ble Chief Justice of the high court regarding problems being faced by lawyers and litigants due to delay in listing of newly filed cases as well as old cases, but nothing was done to resolve the issues.

Also Read | Patiala Clash: Court Sends Main Accused Barjinder Singh Parwana to 14-Day Judicial Custody.

He said that there is a requirement to improve the entire system of listing of cases, claiming that at present, fresh cases are being listed before the court after 10 to 60 days of their filing in the registry.

It must be ensured that all the fresh cases are listed before the court after 48 hours and information in this regard is conveyed to the lawyers by the registry through SMS, Ojha said.

Also Read | Madhya Pradesh: Bride Marries Sister's Groom After Mix-Up Due to Power Cut in Ujjain.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)