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Bar Bodies Seek CJI Intervention Over Lawyer Detentions and Protest Curbs
- •Major bar associations including SCAORA, SCBA, and LAFC have urged the Chief Justice of India to intervene following the detention of lawyers in Delhi.
- •The Bombay Lawyers Association passed a resolution condemning the restrictions on public movement and protests as unconstitutional.
- •Lawyers demanded the immediate release of detained advocates, disclosure of their whereabouts, and access to legal counsel.
- •An independent, time-bound inquiry has been sought into the alleged use of force by police against peaceful demonstrators, particularly women advocates.
- •Separately, a contempt petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the Union government, Delhi Police, and DMRC over Metro station closures.
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The Lawyers’ Association for Constitution (LAFC), along with the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA), and the Bombay Lawyers Association, urged Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to urgently intervene following the detention of lawyers in Delhi.
The LAFC demanded the immediate release of unlawfully detained lawyers, disclosure of their whereabouts, access to counsel and medical assistance, preservation of CCTV footage, protection against retaliatory FIRs, and a time-bound independent inquiry into the use of force.
Advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi filed a contempt petition alleging that Metro station gates remained closed in non-compliance with the Supreme Court's October 9 directions that prohibited outright shutdowns of train movement.
