“Mangaluru Lawyers Urge Centre to Vest District Courts with Writ Powers”
Mangaluru, Aug 23: A group of coastal lawyers has demanded a crucial legal reform that could change the way justice is accessed in India: allowing writ Powers to be heard in district courts. The lawyers argue that this amendment will make justice quicker, cheaper, and more accessible to the poor and needy who often struggle to reach distant High Courts.The demand was highlighted at a press conference in Mangaluru by former district government pleader Manoraj Rajeev, along with advocates colleagues Shishir Bhandari, Roshni Sorab, and Nandini Akil . They also pressed the long-standing call for a separate High Court bench in Mangaluru, but stressed that the writ jurisdiction powers to district courts by getting in an legislation empowering district courts to deal with limited writ jurisdi...