21 lawyers served notices in High Court attack case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has 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 a week.
The Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President Haseeb Chaudhry, Riasat Ali Azad and other lawyers appeared before the bench. During hearing, 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 atack, under the law,” he said.
He said that the Islamabad Bar Council (IBA) had condemned this incident and requested the court to send references against the involved lawyers.
“It was a list of more than 150 names, but the court didn’t want any kind of injustice with anybody,” he added.
The court said that currently it was serving notices on only 21 lawyers and it was their right to be provided an opportunity to clarify their position. The IHCBA president said the whole fraternity was feeling embarrassed about the incident and wanted action against the involved lawyers.
The chief justice said the Pakistan Bar Council (PBA) had rightly writen that the legal fraternity had always struggled for the supremacy of law. He said the court would take action against those who had damaged the image of the whole fraternity, adding that it had respected the bar always and also requested the bar’s assistance in this mater to identify the responsible lawyers.
The chief justice said that these few people who created mess were known to everyone. The court said that it wouldn’t even interfere into the investigation process of this case, adding that currently it was serving notices for disciplinary proceedings of PBA and IBA. The chief justice said that he was expecting that the bar would itself write to the IHC and identify the involved lawyers.