Bengaluru, Jun 27 (PTI) Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has written to Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia to set up post office counters in court complexes.

Also, they have requested Union Minister for Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to provide toll exemption for lawyers travelling within a radius of 50 km in taluks and 100 km at district level.

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In the letter to Scinida, the bar council stated that lawyers often find themselves "running to post offices" situated far away from the courts to send notices and correspondence.

A copy of both the letters were sent to media offices on Friday by KSBC.

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