In February 2019, the entirety of the Delhi Bar association went on strike, leaving India’s second largest city without personal legal representation. The strike took place after failed negotiations between the Bar Council of India and the state bar council that took place on Feb 2, wherein private professional lawyers demanded better medical facilities, insurance, and housing schemes. The courts effectively are shut down. Many of the demands stemmed from the increased inequalities between state lawyers and judges, who possess a “welfare fund-” essentially a life insurance policy that the private lawyers do not.

In 2019, scores of doctors boycotted work and marched against the National Medical Commission Bill, NMC Bill, throughout Delhi. NMC Bill was meant to repeal a 1956 bill and install a new national medical body. Large portions of the Delhi medical community view the bill as “anti-poor, anti-student and undemocratic.” The 24-hour action was meant to take medical professionals from the hospitals into the streets. Without doctors and no contingency plans, state-run hospitals faced healthcare service collapses as doctors responded to the call for the strike. The doctor’s professional strike gained momentum and saw a response from several health facilities across the country, including states like Gujarat and Rajasthan.