Taking note of the violence in Lucknow on Wednesday when advocates had clashed with police personnel, the Allahabad high court has sought a report from the UP government on the matter.
The court also banned the entry “inside any of the courts across the state” of a lawyer whose pictures, wherein he was shown carrying a pistol during the agitation, has been published in newspapers.
The order was passed by a special seven-judge Bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which has been reviewing security arrangements at courts across UP for the past one year.
The Bench directed the Principal Secretary (Home) to submit a report on February 18, carrying details of CCTV footages and explaining the circumstances under which the police were allowed to enter the court premises, where lawyers had gone on rampage in protest against the murder of a fellow advocate early this week.
The Bench took note of the pictures that appeared in newspapers, in which a lawyer identified as Vishal Dixit was shown carrying a pistol.
The court has barred Dixit’s entry to all courts in the state. Meanwhile, advocates of the High Court refrained from carrying out judicial work after lunch.