Nearly 200 advocates staged a rail roko at the Katpadi Railway station on Wednesday.
This was part of their protests demanding withdrawal of amendments made to the Advocates Act.
The advocates from Arcot, Ranipet, Katpadi and Vellore took part in the protest at Katpadi railway station. They also staged the rail roko at the Tirupattur Railway Station.
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According to Government Railway police, Katpadi, the advocates blocked the Intercity Express for nearly 10 minutes.
The advocates said that they had decided to continue their boycott from court work. T
hey would intensify their protest demanding withdrawal of the amendments in the coming days.
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In Tiruvannamalai
Hundreds of advocates participated in the rail roko agitation held here on Wednesday and 110 of them including 10 women advocates were arrested and released later in the day.
Advocates are protesting against the amendments made by Madras high court to the rules framed under section 34(1) of advocates act.
The amendment empowers courts to debar lawyers for certain violations.
The advocates of the state are already protesting the amendment and are boycotting courts. They staged rail roko in Tiruvannamalai as part of state wide agitation on Wednesday.
They blocked the Mannarkudi - Tiruppathi express in the Tiruvannamalai railway station and were later arrested.