Struggle For Advocates Protection Laws in India

"Struggle for Advocates Protection Laws in India" is a powerful and urgent legal manifesto that shines a piercing light on the growing threats, violence, and injustice faced by advocates across the country. Written by veteran legal practitioner and human rights defender Bharat Bhushan Pareek, this book is a landmark work that blends legal research, real-life case studies, policy critique, and constitutional reasoning to build a compelling case for the immediate enactment of an Advocates Protection Law in India.

In a nation where lawyers once led the freedom movement and helped draft the Constitution, it is a tragic irony that today, those who defend the law remain unprotected. Through detailed chapters covering incidents from every Indian state, the book uncovers shocking stories of murders, assaults, police brutality, false implication, and institutional apathy towards legal professionals. It also analyses the existing gaps in The Advocates Act, 1961, explores global best practices, and presents concrete legislative solutions for nationwide reform.

This book is not just a documentation of suffering - it is a blueprint for reform. It is a voice for every advocate who was attacked for defending justice, a call to the Indian Parliament, and a plea to civil society to recognize that when lawyers are silenced, justice itself is endangered.

• First-of-its-kind state-wise documentation of violence against advocates in India.

• Analysis of constitutional rights, legal gaps, and comparative international protections for lawyers.

• Legislative proposals for amendments to the Advocates Act and introduction of a central Advocates Protection Bill.

• Real-life case studies of advocate suicides, murders, lathi-charges, false FIRs, and court-based assaults.

• Insights from Supreme Court judgments, Bar Council resolutions, and global human rights conventions.