32 lawyers booked for IHC rowdyism
Bar associations denounce civic authority for demolishing chambers
Lawyers stage protest against the demolition of their chambers at Islamabad katcheri, here on Monday. PHOTO: Express
ISLAMABAD:
A case has been registered against 32 lawyers, including four women law practitioners, for storming the block of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice and vandalising it.
The FIR registered at the Ramna police station includes Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act besides mob attack causing a threat to life, vandalism, disrupting peace and other relevant clauses of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had razed illegal structures built on the premises of the District and Sessions Court (DSC) in the wee hours of Monday. The chambers were constructed on the footpath along with the iron grills outside the court of the district and sessions judge.