This file photo shows some lawyers at the debris of their demolished chambers on Feb 8. Mohammad Asim / White Star
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from demolishing illegal chambers of lawyers constructed on the Football Ground, greenbelts and footpaths.
The lawyers have expressed willingness to submit an undertaking to vacate the amenity land once construction of the lawyers’ complex was completed.
A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed, issued a stay order effective till March 2 on an appeal filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) against the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s order to declare the lawyers’ chambers illegal. The SC bench asked the attorney general (AG) to appear in the court on the said date.
This Feb 8 file photo shows lawyers at the debris of their demolished chambers in Islamabad. Mohammad Asim / White Star
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of lawyers’ associations on Saturday demanded reconstruction of chambers demolished by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration in an anti-encroachment operation on Feb 8.
The demand came in a joint resolution passed by representatives of Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, Islamabad Bar Council, Punjab Bar Council, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council, Sindh Bar Council and Azad Kashmir Bar Council at a lawyers’ convention here.
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Latif Afridi did not attend the convention.
This Feb 8 file photo shows lawyers at the debris of their demolished chambers in Islamabad. Mohammad Asim / White Star
ISLAMABAD: Representatives of lawyers’ associations on Saturday demanded reconstruction of chambers demolished by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration in an anti-encroachment operation on Feb 8.
The demand came in a joint resolution passed by representatives of Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, Islamabad Bar Council, Punjab Bar Council, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council, Sindh Bar Council and Azad Kashmir Bar Council at a lawyers’ convention here.
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Latif Afridi did not attend the convention.
Top Story February 19, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to 21 lawyers for misconduct and ambush in the court.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Lubna Saleem Pervaiz sought reply from the lawyers within one week.
The Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President Haseeb Chaudhry, Riasat Ali Azad and other lawyers appeared before the bench.
During hearing Chief Justice Athar Minallah observed that this is not his personal issue, but directly relates with the sanctity of the court. “We would send references against lawyers involved in the IHC attack, under the law,” he said.