• Islamabad Bar Association counsel gives undertaking to vacate football ground in two months
• IHC suspends licences of 21 lawyers for storming court building on Feb 8
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the nod to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the district administration of Islamabad to remove lawyers’ chambers as well as courtrooms illegally constructed on the football ground in F-8 within two months.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the licences of 21 lawyers who stormed into the Chief Justice Block on Feb 8 after the CDA demolished their illegal chambers.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi, dismissed an appeal filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) against the Feb 16 decision of the IHC to remove the illegal constructions.
Licences of 21 lawyers suspended over attack on IHC
Respondents committed grave acts of indiscipline and misconduct on February 8, states an IHC order
Lawyers stage protest against the demolition of their chambers at Islamabad katcheri. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered suspension of the licences of 21 lawyers for ransacking the chamber of Chief Justice Athar Minallah during a protest against the demolition of their alleged illegal chambers at the Islamabad District Courts last month.
A three-member bench presided by Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case. We are of the opinion that the 21 respondents arrayed in the complaint in hand had committed grave acts of indiscipline and misconduct on the 8th of February, 2021, an order of IHC issued today read.