NE lawyer assault: HC pulls up accused advocates
13 Feb 2015 7:32 AM IST
Delhi High Court on Thursday rapped two lawyers facing contempt proceedings for allegedly abusing and manhandling some people from the Northeast, including a lady advocate, warning them they could even lose their licence.
It also directed the lawyers to apologise to the victims and actively spread the message that people from the Northeast were part of the Indian society.
The High Court also expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of implementation of various directions issued by it to ensure security of people from Northeast states in Delhi, saying everything seemed to be happening “only on paper and not implemented in reality.”
“If we take this (contempt plea) to the logical end, then your licence goes,” the court said, adding “you should apologise to the sufferer and tell others not to behave badly with people coming from Northeast”.
“You (two advocate) should lead a campaign in this regard and spread message to the society and among the legal community that these people are also part of our society,” a bench of justices G S Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said during the hearing of contemnor lawyers Azad Chandra Prakash Gautam and Varun Jain.
It also directed the lawyers to apologise to the victims and actively spread the message that people from the Northeast were part of the Indian society.
The High Court also expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of implementation of various directions issued by it to ensure security of people from Northeast states in Delhi, saying everything seemed to be happening “only on paper and not implemented in reality.”
“If we take this (contempt plea) to the logical end, then your licence goes,” the court said, adding “you should apologise to the sufferer and tell others not to behave badly with people coming from Northeast”.
“You (two advocate) should lead a campaign in this regard and spread message to the society and among the legal community that these people are also part of our society,” a bench of justices G S Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said during the hearing of contemnor lawyers Azad Chandra Prakash Gautam and Varun Jain.
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