Published on : 23 Sep 2025, 2:26 pm 3 min read

The Delhi High Court recently asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) to frame a policy to alleviate the financial sufferings of family members of deceased lawyers [Darshana Rani vs. The Government NCT of Delhi & Anr].

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the bar bodies to formulate a policy for providing financial assistance to such family members.

"The BCI and BCD is further requested to draw up some policy or scheme to alleviate the conditions of persons such as the appellant so as to ensure the family of the advocates do not suffer abject penury on account of loss of the advocate. After all, for most of the advocates and their family,

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