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Mumbai local timings for lawyers to be decided by end of this week

The Maharashtra government has recently informed the Bombay High Court that by the end of this week, it is to make the decision of whether to allow lawyers to travel by the local trains during peak hours.

Mumbai local timings for lawyers to be decided by end of this week
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On Tuesday, December 1, the Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court that it will decide by the end of this week on whether to allow lawyers to travel by the local trains during peak hours.

The statement was made by Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni before a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni, who was hearing a bunch of petitions seeking for lawyers and their clerks be permitted to commute by the local trains during peak hours. The pleas filed by lawyers sought that they are recognized as a part of essential services.

Back in October, following the intervention of Bombay High Court on the same pleas, the state government had permitted lawyers to use local trains to commute to courts and their offices before 8 am and after 11 am. However, in recent developments, Advocate Shyam Dewani, the counsel in one of the petitions told the bench that since the High Court had resumed physical hearings, it was imperative for lawyers to be permitted to travel by the suburban railway system during peak hours to reach the court that begins functioning at 11 am every day.

On the other hand, the Railways, in a statement, has recently stated that the women are barred from carrying their children with them while using Mumbai locals. Moreover, the rule is applicable in both Central Railways and Western Railways. The state government had earlier allowed women to travel on the Mumbai locals. However, it was observed that several female passengers would carry their children along with them while travelling. As a result, to stop children from boarding the local trains, Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel is to be deployed at each entry gate.

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