New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The Rohini Court Bar Association has called for complete abstention from judicial work at the district court complex on Monday to protest the alleged manhandling and physical assault of an advocate at a police station.
The association also said no police official from any district would be allowed to enter the court premises that day.
In a notice dated October 3, Bar president Rajiv Tehran and honorary secretary Pardeep Khatri said advocate Kamaldeep was allegedly manhandled and assaulted at Mahendra Park police station on September 29. The association said its executive committee raised the matter with senior police officers and the principal district and sessions judge, North-West district.
The DCP had assured the committee that appropriate action would be taken against the police officials concerned, it said. Bar alleges police high-handedness and intimidation, announces October 5 court work boycott in protest against the action.
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