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Lawyers seek self-styled scribe?s arrest
DISTRICT COURT lawyers led by Bar president Vinod Chand Dube and secretary Sheetla Dwivedi gheraoed the district magistrate?s office on Wednesday. They demanded immediate arrest of self-styled journalist Rajesh Misra and handed over a memorandum to the administration, warning of further action in case the demand was not met soon.They also held a meeting, which was addressed by several Bar members, including the president.
DISTRICT COURT lawyers led by Bar president Vinod Chand Dube and secretary Sheetla Dwivedi gheraoed the district magistrate’s office on Wednesday. They demanded immediate arrest of self-styled journalist Rajesh Misra and handed over a memorandum to the administration, warning of further action in case the demand was not met soon.They also held a meeting, which was addressed by several Bar members, including the president.
Speaking on the occasion, Dube said lawyers and journalists were important pillars of democracy and an attack on them amounted to an attack on democracy. He urged the administration to ensure that Rajesh Misra was arrested soon.
Misra has been at large ever since he attacked some mediapersons a few days ago with a hockey stick, resulting in critical injuries to them. An FIR was lodged against him at the Civil Lines police station, but the accused managed to escape. Since then, he has allegedly been issuing threats to journalists and is even said to have visited his house on a few occasions without being arrested.
Lawyers expressed surprise that despite an assurance by senior police officers, the accused had managed to roam around freely without being noticed by the police, which claimed to be tracking him down.
Condolence meet held
A FULL court condolence meeting was held in the courtroom of Chief Justice to mourn the death of Justice DN Jha, former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.Judges and lawyers present there observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Later, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) also organised a condolence meeting to mourn the death of Justice (retd) Jha.
The meeting of Bar was presided over by vice-president Avanindra Kumar Mishra alias Vikas and was conducted by secretary of HCBA Rakesh Pandey.
Those who paid tribute to Justice (retd) Jha in the meeting included former Joint Secretary of HCBA OP Tiwari, vice-presidents Upendra Singh, Joint Secretary Manoj Kumar Mishra, Treasurer Himanshu Singh ex vice-president Sanjiv Kumar Pandey etc.
