Rohini court lawyers strike today, bar police entry

New Delhi: The Rohini Court Bar Association has called for a complete abstention from judicial work at the district court complex on Monday to protest against the alleged manhandling and physical assault of an advocate at a police station.

It also said that no police official of any district will be allowed to enter the court premises that day. In a notice dated October 3 and signed by Bar president Rajiv Tehran and honorary secretary Pardeep Khatri said Advocate Kamaldeep was allegedly manhandled and assaulted at the Mahendra Park police station on September 29.

The notice said the Bar’s executive committee took up the matter with the joint commissioner of police, the DCP (North-West) and the principal district and sessions judge, North-West district, and also spoke to the senior police officers concerned.

“During these interactions, the DCP assured that strong and appropriate action would be taken against the erring police officials,” the notice said.

However, instead of action against the police personnel, a case was subsequently registered against Kamaldeep, and the senior police officers did not inform the executive committee about it despite the assurances, the association alleged.

The executive committee termed the conduct “not merely an instance of police high-handedness and intimidation of a practising advocate” but also a serious breach of the trust reposed by the Bar in the assurances given by the senior police authorities.

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