The practice of calling strikes by Bar Associations or Bar Councils is common in the sub-continent. This practice is not only illegal but also in violation of the right of access to justice of a litigant and his counsel. When a strike call is made the lawyer bodies restrict lawyers from appearing before the courts, so in essence a litigant, on that day, is deprived of his right of legal practitioner to represent him, and the hearing in his case is adjourned without any progress in the cause. This tantamount to denial of access to justice. Our legal system is already over-burdened and cause lists before the courts are hefty and litigant has to wait for years and years for the matter to culminate and in such state of affairs the strike call on part of the lawyer bodies add to the plight of the litigant. Regardless of how noble the cause of the lawyers strike is, it is neither the solution nor the way to voice their concern as it is done at the cost of a litigant waiting for redressal of his grievance or justice to be served. The denial of access to justice in any form is a violation of the Constitution whether it be in the form of nonappearance before the courts or closure of administrative or judicial court work.