GHAZIABAD: A group of lawyers was injured in the Ghaziabad court on Tuesday at 11 a.m. when police tried to disperse them using lathis. The incident took place in the district sessions judge’s court during an ongoing hearing.
The confrontation started when the lawyers interrupted a session presided over by district and sessions judge Anil Kumar.
They requested that the judge halt the current proceeding to hear a different case they were representing. The judge advised them to wait for their turn, but the situation escalated when the lawyers began raising slogans and creating a disturbance within the courtroom.
Judge Anil Kumar then called the police to manage the disruption.
The police, equipped with batons, acted promptly to disperse the lawyers. During the intervention, 8-10 lawyers sustained injuries and were subsequently taken for medical treatment.
Nahar Singh Yadav, a lawyer who was part of the protest, stated, “The lawyer’s group had visited the court and requested the judge to hear a matter of cheating in which a lawyer was a party. The judge did not address our concern and called police and ordered them to lathi-charge on us. Some of our colleagues have been injured in this incident. We have called a strike and demand action against the judge.”
In response to the incident, additional police forces have been deployed on the court campus to ensure law and order are maintained.