'Attack' and 'vandalism' on the Chief Justice block of the Islamabad High Court, a case against the lawyers
'Attack' and 'vandalism' on the Chief Justice block of the Islamabad High Court, a case against the lawyers
A group of lawyers on February 9 decided to close the
Islamabad High Court and the lower courts of the federal capital against the
incident of 'attack' and 'vandalism' on the chamber of Chief Justice Athar
Minallah of the Islamabad High Court. Has been This was stated by the registrar
of the Islamabad High Court to the journalists.
According to a press release issued by the spokesperson of
the Islamabad High Court, an FIR has been registered in this regard and the
police have started conducting raids in search of the nominated lawyers.
A contempt of court case is also being initiated against the
nominated lawyers and a reference will be sent to the Islamabad Bar Council to
suspend their licenses, the press release said.
It is to be noted that a group of lawyers of Islamabad on
Monday protested against the demolition of lawyers' chambers set up by the
district administration of Islamabad and the development agency of Islamabad
(CDA) in the district courts. I was doing.
According to local police, about 300 lawyers, including
women lawyers, first chanted slogans outside the court of Islamabad High Court
Chief Justice Athar Minallah and then pelted stones at his court. Started
According to local police and eyewitnesses, the Chief
Justice went to his chambers after seeing the situation and meanwhile angry lawyers
entered his chambers and allegedly held him hostage for three hours.
According to eyewitnesses, the lawyers also chanted slogans
against the move in the chamber of the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High
Court.
On this occasion, the Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad and
DIG Operations also reached the chamber of the Chief Justice but despite his
assurances, the enraged lawyers did not touch him.
Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad and DIG Operations
According to eyewitnesses, when the district administration summoned the Rangers, the lawyers walked out of the Chief Justice's chambers.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Salamabad High Court had
requested his lawyers to leave the chamber of the Chief Justice but this was
not implemented.
The position of lawyers
Haseeb Chaudhry, president of the Islamabad High Court Bar
Association, told the BBC that between Sunday and Monday night, the district
administration and police demolished more than 200 lawyers' chambers in
district courts, declaring them illegal.
He said that the district administration also tortured the
lawyers, injuring about a dozen lawyers.
He said the case was for only four chambers before the
District and Sessions Judge's Court, but the district administration also
demolished the 200 chambers that had been there for the past 15 years.
Haseeb Chaudhry said that if action is to be taken then it
should be taken against the lawyers as well as the district administration of
Islamabad and the police personnel who violated their authority and tortured
the lawyers.
The position of the district administration
Islamabad's district administration says the lawyers'
chambers that were demolished were built illegally.
chambers that were demolished were built illegally.
According to a district administration official, other lawyers' organizations, including the Islamabad Bar Council, were also informed before the chambers were demolished.
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