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The Administrative Committee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has left it to the acting Chief Justice (CJ) to take a final decision with regard to the ruckus that the lawyers of the UT District Bar Association created on the District Court premises on May 14. At a meeting held today the administrative committee,comprising the seven seniormost Judges of the High Court,today took this decision that acting Chief Justice A K Goel shall take the final decision in this regard.
Meanwhile,the Registrar (Vigilance) has submitted his fact-finding report as ordered by the High Court. According to the available information,the Registrar (Vigilance) has identified over 10 lawyers who were involved in the incident in which police constable Ram Karan was beaten up on the Court premises.
The report also has the statement of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Parvinder Singh,outside whose Court the lawyers had raised slogans. Acting Chief Justice A K Goel will now take the final decision on what action is to be initiated in this regard.
After deliberations,the Administrative Committee decided it fit to leave the matter to the acting Chief Justice, said a senior High Court official. The police had registered a case under Sections 343 (wrongful confinement),353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty and 146 (rioting) against 18 advocates of the district court,who were involved in the attack on Naib court Ram Karan in the presence of senior police officials.
In his letter to the High Court,Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Parvinder Singh had apprised the HC of the untoward incident that took place outside his court room. Terming the incident untoward,the Judge in his one-and-a-half page report had apprised the High Court that the lawyers also raised slogans on the Court premises.
The advocates had withdrawn their anticipatory bail applications,alleging that lawyers who were not even present at the spot have been booked by Chandigarh Police. Till now,not a single lawyer has been arrested by Chandigarh Police as it claims to be busy in establishing facts.
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