Advocates locked the gates of the Vadodara district court on Thursday as an indefinite statewide strike against the Gujarat High Court’s new filing rules gathered momentum. “Lawyers have closed the gates of the Vadodara district court in protest. The Bar Council of Gujarat has written a letter to the Chief Justice on Monday, and we are hoping for a positive response,” Advocate Nimisha Dhotre, member of the Bar Council of Gujarat and Treasurer of the Baroda Bar Association, told The Indian Express. So, advocates from Dahod district have abstained from court work until the high court amends, modifies, or suspends the circular,” Chauhan added. Story continues below this adWhat Bar Council has flaggedThe Bar Council of Gujarat has written to the Chief Justice seeking reconsideration of the circular.