JSBC plans to increase lawyers’ pension

Ranchi: The

Jharkhand State Bar Council

(

JSBC

) has approved a proposal for increasing the pension of lawyers enrolled within the state to a maximum of Rs 10,000 per month.JSBC president Rajendra Krishna said a decision in this regard was taken in the general body meeting of the organization on Thursday evening. He said, “A committee will be formed soon to work out the modalities and the financial aspects of the proposal.”Notably, JSBC is providing pensions ranging between Rs 3,000 and Rs 7,000 per month based on the number of years of practice.The JSBC implements its welfare schemes from the fund of the

Advocates Welfare Trust

headed by the advocate general. The money collected from advocates’ welfare stamps, which are pasted on various court documents, is transferred to the trust for the welfare measures. Krishna also said the JSBC has also decided to take up disciplinary action against those advocates who are not pasting the advocate welfare stamp on their petitions under various pretexts.
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