Ludhiana lawyers stage a dharna outside court of Sessions JudgeLegal Correspondent
Ludhiana, August 11Judicial Magistrate Amarinder Pal Singh has written to the High Court requesting for initiating contempt proceedings against District Bar Association (DBA) President Ashok Mittal on the charges of allegedly misbhaving and showing disrespect to the court. It's the first time that contempt proceedings have been referred against a sitting DBA president.
Sources in the judiciary stated that the Judge has written that the DBA president had shown utter disregard to the court and made an attempt to lower its dignity. The controversy erupted when the DBA president was seeking adjournment in a case titled Guru Nanak Education Trust versus Jagat Singh, which was fixed for rebuttal and arguments. Meanwhile, the DBA president accompanied by its supporters staged a dharna outside the court of Sessions Judge S P Bangarh. Several lawyers raised slogans expressing solidarity with the legal fraternity and showing annoyance over the incident. They alleged that the Judge misbehaved with their president, which was not tolerable.
Mittal said that initiating of contempt proceedings was an act of "oppression" but he will not bow under any pressure. Staging of the dharna outside the Sessions Court has divided the executive body of the DBA. The Vice President J S Miglani and Secretary Gurkirpal Singh Virk stated that in the executive body meeting held today in the morning, it was decided to observe a strike peacefully. It was also decided not to stage a dharna outside the Sessions Court. Despite this, the DBA president sat on dharna there.
Sessions Judge Bangarh said, “I have brought the entire episode in writing to the HighCourt and now it was up to the High Court to decide as to what action is required to be taken”. Former Bar Council Chairman B K Goel, Naginder Gora, Narinder Adya, Sanjiv Malhotra, Sham Sunder Ahuja, Rakesh Sharda, Rajesh Rai, G S Sekhon, Ankur Ghai adressed the lawyers sitting on dharna.
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