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The Bar Council of India decried the incident in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, where police broke open the door, and dragged and pulled an advocate and assaulted him mercilessly.
Bar Council has asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take suitable action in the matter and make laws to provide protection to the lawyers of the country.
BCI in its resolution unanimously condemning the attack on a lawyer in uniform by the Uttar Pradesh Police and has called upon the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court to take immediate steps to find out the police personnel guilty and sought directions to the state government for their suspension, transfer and removal.
“The Council is going to convene a joint meeting of representatives of all the state Bar Councils through Video Conferencing to decide the future course of action within 3-4 days,”
“The UP police has crossed all limits of atrocities and similar incidents were witnessed in West Bengal, Bihar and from other parts of the country. Such action of the police is rather worse than the crime committed by any hardened criminal,” the BCI said.