Pune lawyers want courts closed due to swine flu outbreak

Bar Council of Maharashtra And Goa has requested the chief justice of Bombay High Court to close the courts in Pune, on account of Swine flu outbreak there.

Satish Talekar, president of the council, today called on justice Bilal Nazki -- the second most senior judge of High Court -- and requested him to take necessary steps.
Talekar, in a letter to chief justice Swatanter Kumar, has said that District Bar Association of Pune passed a resolution on August 10, requesting closure of courts in the city, as lawyers fear H1N1 virus infection.

Pune has proven to be "most vulnerable" to the spread of the virus, Talekar has said in the letter.

"I could not meet the chief justice today as he had left for Delhi, but justice Nazki assured me that the request is being considered," Talekar said.