HC wants T.N. govt. to provide insurance cover to 65,000 lawyers
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The Madras High Court on Friday wished to know whether or not the State authorities would come ahead to provide medical insurance cover to round 65,000 advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Justices N. Kirubakaran and R. Pongiappan requested Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram to take directions from the State authorities inside two weeks since many lawyers had to bear nice turmoil through the pandemic.
The judges made the request through the listening to of a public curiosity litigation petition filed by activist lawyer Sudha Ramalingam. She advised the Bench that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) had made an electoral promise to provide insurance cover to lawyers.
After listening to her, the judges stated that the Delhi and Andhra Pradesh governments appeared to be bearing a serious quantum of the premium to be paid by lawyers for a bunch insurance scheme. They stated the same train could possibly be undertaken in Tamil Nadu too.
Justice Kirubakaran stated there was a mannequin the place out of the annual premium of ₹5,000 per lawyer, the State authorities contributed ₹4,000 and particular person lawyers have been requested to pay ₹1,000. He requested the Advocate General to use his good places of work and persuade the federal government to implement it.
The senior decide additionally advised the Advocate General that many lawyers had died due to COVID-19 and their households have been in dire want of cash. He stated the federal government may additionally take into account serving to these households.
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