New VBA president to bat for HC Bench

Visakhapatnam | Friday | 20th April, 2018

Summary:

more-inNewly-elected president of Visakhapatnam Bar Association Bandaru Ramakrishna said on Thursday that his priority was to put pressure on the government to establish High Court bench in Visakhapatnam. He said before bifurcation itself, Visakhapatnam Bar Association had spearheaded an agitation to set up the bench in the city. “Now an amount of ?3 lakh is given which we want it increased to ?10 lakh,” he said. “Visakhapatnam has the largest bar with highest number of advocates and courts in Andhra Pradesh. The fund is also meant to give an aid of ?10,000 if an advocate needs for hospital expenses..