Lawyers ordered to give free legal aid for assaulting judge
June 3rd, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked nine lawyers allegedly involved in the manhandling of a judge in Rohini District Courts to provide free legal aid to the poor for two years and quashed all the proceedings against them.
A special three-judge bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice A.K. Sikri quashed the FIR and also dropped contempt proceedings against them. It asked the lawyers to provide free legal aid to at least 24 people in the next two years.
“All of them will also have to together pay a fine of Rs.50,000 which will be used as fund for activities of Rohini Bar Association,” the court said after the lawyers tendered an apology.
The group of advocates had allegedly manhandled Additional District Judge Pankaj Gupta July 8, last year at Rohini District Courts.
Two days later, the high court issued notices against them and said: “Prima facie, it (incident) amounts to contempt of court.”
- Cop's front-rolls: No contempt case against official (Second Lead) - Feb 15, 2012
- Cop's front-rolls: No contempt case against official (Lead) - Feb 15, 2012
- High court's contempt notice to lawyers who roughed up judge - Jul 10, 2009
- Court appoints expert to probe judge's assault case - Aug 21, 2009
- Kissing episode: Cases against Shilpa Shetty shifted to Mumbai - Nov 21, 2011
- Framing of charges against Sheila Kaul deferred - Feb 28, 2012
- Court rejects Maudany's bail plea - Sep 13, 2010
- Lawyers' strike in Delhi district courts - Sep 29, 2011
- 98-year-old Sheila Kaul told to appear in court - May 10, 2012
- Court sets aside contempt order against IFCI CEO - Apr 17, 2012
- Court firm on punishing lawyer for assaulting woman colleague - Jan 16, 2012
- Court declines plea of Air India pilots (Lead) - May 17, 2012
- Court exempts Sheila Kaul from personal appearance - May 23, 2012
- Pakistan's apex court suspends Zardari lawyer - Jan 17, 2012
- Court notice to Delhi Police on cop's front-rolls (Second lead) - Feb 09, 2012
Tags: advocates, apology, bench, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, delhi high court, district courts, district judge, fir, free legal aid, june 3, kaul, kishan, lawyers, New Delhi, pankaj gupta, rs 50, sanjay