Allahabad High Court Asks HCBA President To File Affidavit Detailing Incidents Of Prayagraj 'Police Assault' On Lawyers
Hearing a Criminal Writ PIL demanding lodging of an FIR against the police officials involved in 'assaulting' lawyers in Prayagraj on February 4, the Allahabad High Court today asked the President of the High Court Bar Association to file an affidavit detailing all the incidents of police brutality on lawyers. While hearing the mention being made by Senior Advocate and Bar President...
Hearing a Criminal Writ PIL demanding lodging of an FIR against the police officials involved in 'assaulting' lawyers in Prayagraj on February 4, the Allahabad High Court today asked the President of the High Court Bar Association to file an affidavit detailing all the incidents of police brutality on lawyers.
While hearing the mention being made by Senior Advocate and Bar President Anil Tiwari of the matter, a bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar asked him to bring on record all the incidents of police brutality against lawyers in the city of Prayagraj.
It may be noted that the High Court Bar Association wrote a letter to the Chief Justice highlighting that the police had prevented the lawyers from reaching the High Court and blocked the road for some VIP movement. It was stated that the police had assaulted the lawyers upon the latter asking for access to the road.
The Chief Justice directed that the letter be converted into a criminal Public Interest Litigation and is listed before the bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar.
While mentioning the PIL, Mr Tiwari brought the Court's attention to 2 other instances where, while going to the Kumbh Mela Area, lawyers were allegedly beaten by the police in front of their wives.
It was stated before the Court that in one such instance, even though the lawyer had a valid pass to enter the Kumbh Area, his pass was allegedly snatched and torn by the police officer present at the scenes. It was submitted that one lawyer was beaten and taken away his clothes.
The Court asked the Senior Counsel to provide the videos of the instances along with the affidavit. When the senior counsel said that the video link would be circulated amongst the lawyers, the Court asked the counsel not to circulate the videos but rather provide them to the Court. The matter will be heard at 3 PM today.