Bar Association resolution against driver

The Pune Bar Association called for an emergency general body meeting on Wednesday after the bus driver went on a rampage in the city.

Written by Express News Service
Pune | January 26, 2012 02:12 AM IST

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The Pune Bar Association (PBA) called for an emergency general body meeting on Wednesday after the bus driver went on a rampage in the city. We have appealed to all our member lawyers not to file vakalatnama for the ST bus driver Santosh Mane, said advocate Amol Kajale-Patil,secretary of the bar association.

It is an extremely shameful incident and we do not want any of us to represent Mane in the court of law, Kajale-Patil said.

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A similar resolution was passed by the lawyers body when German Bakery blast accused Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig was arrested in September 2010.

However,defying the resolution,advocate A Rehman had filed vakalatnama for Baig stating that every accused has a right to be represented in the court.

After initial opposition from the lawyers body,Rehman continues to be Baigs lawyer.