Lawyers in Lucknow pushed through police barricades on Saturday, November 14, 2026, and marched to the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha to demand an Advocate Protection Act, a state law for the safety of advocates, Dainik Bhaskar reported.

Source: NewsPlainly (compiling Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala and Patrika)

The march set off from the Kaiserbagh court premises and reached the Assembly building after scuffles with police on the way. Dainik Bhaskar, Amar Ujala and Patrika describe the same route: from Kaiserbagh to Parivartan Chowk, then through the Hazratganj crossing and past the Gandhi statue at the GPO to the Vidhan Sabha.

Barricades pulled down at Hazratganj

Police had put up barricades along the route and posted officers from several police stations, with extra force, around Hazratganj and the Assembly road. At Hazratganj, the lawyers raised slogans and pulled down barricades, iron mesh and wooden poles, Bhaskar and Patrika reported.

14 November 2026date of the Lucknow march
2023year the state set up a committee on an Advocate Protection Bill
1demand: an Advocate Protection Act for Uttar Pradesh

The demand is not new. In September 2023, after police used batons on lawyers in Hapur, lawyers struck work across Uttar Pradesh and the state government set up a three-member committee to prepare an Advocate Protection Bill, Dainik Jagran reported at the time. More than three years later, the advocates say the promised law has still not been enacted.

The reports of Saturday's march carried no response from Lucknow police or the state government, and no official statement on the status of the proposed Act had been reported by the time of the march.