HCBA writes to CJ, seeks actionon cops for thrashing Etah lawyer

PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has written to the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court requesting him to take suo moto cognizance of the police assault on an advocate in Etah district.
In the letter, HCBA secretary Prabha Shankar Mishra has requested the Chief Justice to pass appropriate orders for maintaining law and order in the state. Police had broken the door of advocate Rajendra Sharma’s house in Etah and dragged him out in his advocate’s dress and assaulted him mercilessly.The video of the incident had gone viral on social media.
In the letter dated December 27, Mishra said the way in which the lawyer and his family members were beaten up by police, the lawyers are upset and feel neglected. “We are ashamed to call ourselves advocates after this assault incident. The advocate community is angry over the incident and looks up to the high court for justice,” he stated.
Earlier, following a call by the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh — the apex body of lawyers in the state — lawyers had staged a protest on December 26, 2020 against the incident.
The lawyers in Prayagraj had also organised a meeting in the hall of district court Bar Association. The speakers vehemently condemned the assault and demanded strict action against the guilty policemen. They also demanded that such incidents must not be repeated in future.
The lawyers of Prayagraj had also sent a memorandum to the state government through district magistrate demanding action against the policemen who brutally assaulted the lawyer in Etah.
Earlier, the Bar Council of India had condemned the assault on the advocate, and urged the Chief Justice of India and Allahabad High Court Chief Justice to take action against the guilty.