જામનગરના બેડી વિસ્તારમાં ખ્યાતનામ એડવોકેટ હારુન પાલેજાની છરીના ઘા મારી જાહેરમાં હત્યા કરવામાં આવી છે. એડવોકેટ હારુન પાલેજા કોર્ટથી ઘરે જઈ રહ્યાં હતા ત્યારે માથાભારે શખ્સોએ જાહેરમાં અસંખ્ય છરીના ઘા મારી તેમની હત્યા કરી છે.
લોહીલુહાણ હાલતે એડવોકેટ હારુન પાલેજાને હોસ્પિટલ ખસેડવામાં આવ્યાં હતા, જ્યાં ડોક્ટરે તેમને મૃત જાહેર કર્યા હતા. ઘટનાને પગલે એસપી, ડીવાયએસપી સહિતના ઉચ્ચ અધિકારીઓ હોસ્પિટલે દોડી ગયા હતા.
એડવોકેટ હારુન પાલેજા જામનગરના ખ્યાતનામ વકીલ હતા તેમજ ઓલ ઇન્ડિયા સુન્ની મુસ્લિમ વાઘેર સમાજના પ્રમુખ હતા. એડવોકેટ હારુન પાલેજાની હત્યાના વકીલ આલમમાં ઘેરા પ્રત્યાઘાત પડયા છે. આ ઘટના બાદ જામનગરમાં વકીલોએ આવતીકાલથી આરોપીઓ ઝડપાઈ નહીં ત્યાં સુધી કોર્ટ કાર્યવાહીથી અળગા રહેવાનો નિર્ણય કર્યો છે.
Lawyers in Agra protest the suspicious death of a colleague by police, demanding arrests and compensation. Agitation spreads to various premises.
Working in courts was hit after lawyers took to the streets and blocked traffic and even closed a gate on the civil court premises, on Monday. They were protesting the death of a colleague under suspicious circumstances, on Friday night.
A memorandum was handed over to administrative officials seeking the arrest of policemen named. Lawyers have demanded compensation of one crore to the kin of deceased lawyer.
A lawyer had died under suspicious circumstances after falling from the eighth floor of the apartment he lived in, on Friday night. The apartment premises was being raided by a police team in a case in which the lawyer was an accused.
Lawyers sought a fair probe and action against the guilty police officials.
Various organisations gathered on Monday and the agitation spread from civil courts in Agra to the collectorate and tehsil premises and lawyers stayed away from appearing in cases. Support has been extended by lawyer organisations in nearby districts, who have condemned the police action resulting in the unnatural death of lawyer.
Anger among lawyers after the death of advocate Sunil Sharma in Agra, advocates protested in Diwani Anger against the police among advocates across the state During the raid, the advocate died after falling from the 8th floor. Advocate demands dismissal of guilty police personnel pic.twitter.com/kRMEuR7pv1
The Delhi High Court has asked the Bar Council of India and Bar Council of Delhi to respond to a plea by an advocate for ensuring security and safety of the lawyers practicing in the courts of the national capital.
A bench of Justice of Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice to the regulatory bodies and appointed senior advocate Kirti Uppal to assist the court on the issue in question.
The court fixed the petition filed by advocate Lakshya Yadav for consideration on March 22, 2024. The petitioner-advocate contended that on December 4, 2023, he appeared before Family Court-02, South East Saket, Delhi accompanied by his junior, Rohit Sherawat, and his client Vikrant for the purpose to attend the proceedings in the matter titled “Radhika & Anr Vs Vikrant”.
He claimed that during the course of the proceedings, Radhika and her mother Rashmi Devi began threatening him with dire consequences and abused both the petitioner and his client.
“After the hearing, upon leaving the Court, the petitioner was attacked by Radhika and her mother with shoes and slippers at the gate of Family Court,” he alleged.
The petitioner filed his complaint/representations before the concerned authorities and lodged an FIR against the two women and two other unknown persons. However, there is no grievance redressal mechanism to ensure the safety, security, and dignity of the advocates practising within the territorial jurisdiction of Delhi, his plea claimed.
In a sad and shocking incident, Adv. Rajaram Adhav and his wife Adv. Manisha Adhav, both lawyers practicing in Rahuri court of Ahmadnagar district of Maharashtra were murdered by their own client, named Kiran Dushing who was accused of 12 serious crimes like murder, forced theft, burglary, extortion, Arms Act etc. and his four other associates.
There is an atmosphere of anger in the lawyers across the state. Kiran Dushing locked both of them in their own house and demanded a ransom of five lakh rupees, tortured the couple for five-six hours as they refused to pay.
They were beaten to death by putting plastic bags on their heads around night time. The dead bodies of the Adhaav couple were thrown in a well near the graveyard in Umbere village tying them with stones.
The All India Lawyers Union, a national organisation of lawyers, has demanded arrest of all the accused, appointment of a special public prosecutor in the case and hard punishment through fast-track courts. After this unfortunate incident, AILU is again demanding implementation of Advocate Protection Act in Maharashtra.
AILU expresses its condolences to the Adhaav family and appeals to the Bar Associations of various courts in the State to strongly protest the incident in all possible ways.
Last year 2023 in Uttar Pradesh Adv. Umesh Pal was murdered in broad daylight. In April, lawyer Virender Kumar Narwal was shot dead by two assailants in Delhi’s Dwarka area. The lawyer was in possession of the documents of the disputed agricultural plot belonging to the accused’s family.
All district courts were shut down by Delhi lawyers to protest the murder, and the Coordination Committee of all District Bar Associations had decided to boycott bail and hearings and shut down the photocopying machines in the courts.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 143 cases of assault on lawyers have come to light in India in 2020.
Lawyers often face harassment and intimidation from their clients, opponents and even judges. Assaults include verbal abuse, threats, physical assault, beating, injury, and killing. According to a 2022 United Nations report, more than 2,500 lawyers were killed, detained or kidnapped worldwide between 2010 and 2020.
That is why International Lawyers in Crisis Day has been observed every year since 2010 across the world to raise awareness about the threat to the safety of lawyers.
Chairman ,Vice Chairman and all respected members of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa are requested 1 To pass resolution to condemning the incident of killing of Advocate Shri Rajaram Adhav and Adv Sau Manisha Adhav of Rahuri Dist Ahamadnagar 2 Investigation be handed over…
The raids were in connection with the 2021 Munchingiputtu CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case. Devices and literature belonging to functionaries and lawyers of the Indian Association of People’s Lawyers and Human Rights Forum, along with various other rights bodies were seized.
Officials of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrived in groups of four and five in 62 locations across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on October 2, in coordinated raids at the homes of human rights activists and researchers.
The raid teams – comprising of NIA officers from Delhi and the local police – arrived between 5.30 am and 6 am on the day, and stayed at the locations till afternoon.
One such raid was carried out at the house of a senior lawyer and rights activist Durba Suresh Kumar. Suresh, also a member of the Indian Association of People’s Lawyers, told TheWire that he was woken up by the NIA sleuths.
“I was woken up by the officers. They had flown down, along with panch witnesses. But the local police were not informed,” Suresh said. The local police, Suresh says, joined much later. From Suresh’s house, the NIA seized his phone and a 12-page pamphlet of the People’s War Group, dating back to 1993.
Suresh says for the longest period, he was not aware of the nature of the raid and the exact case in connection with which it was being conducted. The NIA later informed him that the ongoing raids were a part of the “Munchingiputtu CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case” – in connection with which similar raids were carried out at the residences of many rights activists and academics in 2021.
Suresh was served a notice under section 160 of the CrPC, asking him to be present before the NIA as a witness. This, Suresh points out, is both “unlawful” and “unethical”.
“I am a counsel for many persons named in the case. I represent them in the high court and now the NIA wants me to appear before them as a witness in the same case,” Suresh told TheWire over a phone call.
This is not the first time that a lawyer has been named an accused or asked to be a witness in the same case they have appeared as counsel in, before a court. Surendra Gadling, a Nagpur-based lawyer and an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, was also made an accused in one of the cases in which he had defended an accused in the conflict-affected Vidarbha region in Maharashtra.
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They conducted coordinated raids on houses and premises associated with members of the Indian Association of People’s Lawyers, the Human Rights Forum, the Civil Liberties Committee, the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners
Join us & raise voice today at High Court 6 th Gate at lunch hours 1.30 pm Observing Emergency Day & Demand withdrawal of cases on Defending Lawyers & Activists. Scrap UAPA, NIA, TSPSA & All Repressive Laws lAPL Indian Association of People's Lawyers invites U all pic.twitter.com/shhtKDX5gm
The Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers is holding demonstration at 01: 30 at the 6th gate of High Court of Telangana to highlight the importance of Magna Carta , the 1st authenticated Human rights declaration document.
High court advocates at Hyderabad today observed The Magna Carta Day on the eve of 808 years of declaration of Magna Carta Charter. Advocates M venkanna, D suresh kumar, A Dasharath of Indian Association of people's Lawyers IAPL addressed that the historic Magna Carta spirit of… pic.twitter.com/PqAkUtfex1
On 5 October 2023, human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam’s residence in Manipur, India was vandalized by unidentified perpetrators. Hours prior to the attack Babloo Loitonbam was threatened by a militant group named ‘Meitei Leepun’ who called for the human rights defender to be boycotted. The attack is linked to the human rights defenders statements against the ongoing violence in the State of Manipur, which call for accountability for perpetrators and an end to human rights violations. Babloo Loitongbam has been critical of the BJP led state goverment in its role and response to the violence.
Babloo Loitongbam is a human rights defender and a lawyer based in Mainpur, India and the director of Human Rights Alert, an organization that works to monitor, investigate, and report human right violations, including attacks on human rights defenders. He has been a valubale source of support to victims of persecution and human rights defenders facing reprisals for thier work. The human rights defender is a vocal advocate against state policies that violate, and discriminate against, the rights of local communities in Manipur and other North Eastern states.
On 5 October 2023, Babloo Loitongbam’s residence in Imphal West, Manipur was vandalized by a mob, who damaged property and belongings. A few hours before his house was vandalized, members of the Meiiti Leepun group called for a boycott of human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam from public platforms, and claimed that the allegations he made against them were false and baseless.
Manipur has been witnessing devastating ethnic violence since the beginning of May 2023, followed by an order of the Manipur High Court to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the state’s dominant Meiiti community, allowing them to access affirmative action, a scheme which is reserved for India’s tribal and indigenous communities.
The Bar Council of Kerala has declared today, October 5, 2023, as a Protest Day, against the brutal attack on Adv. B.S. Prakash at Nedumangad Court complex yesterday.
As per news reports, Advocate Prakash was assaulted by a man who had come as a witness in a case. Pursuant to the case being adjourned to another date, the attacker, Shajahan, proceeded to assault his lawyer, Advocate Prakash.
Shajahan was subsequently arrested by the Nedumangad Police.
The notice issued by the Secretary of the Kerala High Court Advocates Association requests all members of the Association to assemble at the main portico of the Kerala High Court at 9:50 AM today, to mark the protest of the Association against the brutal attack.
After alleged attack, legal practitioners want Lawyers’ Protection Bill immediately implemented
A 28-year-old lawyer, Abid Abbas Sayed, was allegedly assaulted by four police officers from the BKC police station during nakabandi on Saturday. The incident took place on the night of September 30, when Sayed, a resident of Deonar, had gone to Kurla to meet friends. He was then accompanied by a friend who is also a lawyer, and they were on their way to Bandra for a meal.
Sayed complained to the BKC police on Tuesday. He recounted the incident, “A police van stopped near our scooter on the main BKC road during what appeared to be a routine checkpoint. When asked for my driver’s license, I explained that I didn’t have a physical copy but a copy stored in his Digi locker, a government-provided digital storage service with legal validity. I requested some time to access it.”
However, one of the police officers became aggressive and verbally abused Sayed, making derogatory comments about his religion. Despite showing his Bar Council identity card to prove his credentials as a lawyer, the officers allegedly continued to mistreat him. Sayed claimed he was pushed into the police van, where he was physically assaulted and beaten with rods by two constables who were already inside. Two more constables nearby made threatening comments, suggesting Sayed should be killed and his body disposed of in the nearby Mithi River. Sayed believed that the officers were intoxicated.
Friend threatened
During the assault, Sayed was subjected to hateful remarks, including being labelled a terrorist. Sayed’s friend attempted to intervene but was also threatened with charges under IPC Section 353, which pertains to assaulting a public servant on duty. “Under duress, I was forced to sign on blank sheets of paper, and the police took down personal information before issuing further threats,” said Sayed.
Lawyers speak
Lawyers’ associations in the East, West, and North regions expressed their displeasure by tying red ribbons in protest against the assault. They have called for swift action against the accused police officers and the immediate implementation of the Lawyers’ Protection Bill.
In a troubling development, three Punjab police officers, including a superintendent of police, have been arrested in connection with allegations of severe abuse, including sexual assault, against an advocate and another individual while in police custody. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) consisting of four members has been assembled to investigate these grave allegations.
Ludhiana Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu is chairing the SIT, which has been established to probe the allegations. Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Jaskaran Singh will supervise the SIT, which also comprises three other police officers as members.
The controversy emerged following a meeting between a delegation from the Bar Association of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh. On Monday, six policemen, including an SP-rank officer, were charged with allegedly subjecting a lawyer to torture while he was in their custody. The allegations also included forcing the lawyer into sexual acts with a co-accused.
Those accused in the case include Muktsar SP (Investigation) Ramandeep Singh Bhullar, Inspector Raman Kumar Kamboj, constables Harbans Singh, Bhupinder Singh, and Gurpreet Singh, as well as home guard Dara Singh.
Notably, SP Bhullar, Inspector Raman Kumar Kamboj, and Constable Harbans Singh have already been arrested.
The newly formed SIT is tasked with investigating the allegations of custodial abuse, particularly focusing on the severe mistreatment and sexual assault claims. The team will subsequently submit its findings to the Director Bureau of Investigation in Punjab.
Since the initial reports of torture allegations emerged on Tuesday, lawyers associated with the Bar Association of Punjab and Haryana High Court have been boycotting work as a demonstration of solidarity with their fellow advocate and have been demanding the immediate dismissal and arrest of the implicated police officers.
The counsel of the advocate submitted that the latter’s medical re-examination report showed 18 injuries to his body.
An FIR against six police personnel was registered at Sadar Sri Muktsar Sahib police station late on Monday in a case of alleged torturous attack on an advocate in police custody.
The move came after a letter was written by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association to Punjab chief minister seeking the suspension of Sri Muktsar Sahib SSP for allegedly “shielding the erring police officials and for not registering an FIR against them in the case, despite the CJM’s recent specific order to initiate investigation against the police officials after registering a case against them.
The FIR was registered under Sections 377, 342, 323, 149, and 506 of the IPC.
The six policemen included Raman Kumar (In-charge CIA Staff), Ramandeep Singh Bhullar (SP Investigation), Senior Constable Harbans Singh, Senior Constable Bhupinder Singh, Constable Gurpreet Singh and Home Guard Dara Singh.
Meanwhile, in solidarity with the advocate, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has decided to abstain from work on Tuesday.
Condemning the act by the police officials, the Bar association had also demanded that the investigation of the case be transferred out of the Sri Muktsar Sahib district to ensure justice.
IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers 