The Bar Council of India has pleaded before the Supreme Court that a specialised security force is formed under the control of the judiciary should provide protection to judges and Court premises instead of relying on state police.
The Bar Council of India has pleaded with the Supreme Court that a specialised security force is formed under the control of the judiciary to provide protection to judges and Court premises instead of state police. In an affidavit filed in the Apex Court, the BCI has opposed the Centre’s stand that a special unit within the police force be given the task and said that the judiciary should form a separate force under its control and should not be dependent on governments and police force for this purpose.
The BCI filed its affidavit responding to the PIL filed by Karunakar Mahalik through advocate Durga Dutt in 2019 seeking a specialised force for security to all courts, judges, lawyers, litigants and witnesses.
The BCI filed its affidavit responding to PIL of frequent violent incidents inside court premises including clashes between the police force and lawyers in Tis Hazari court in Delhi and gunning down of the first woman chairperson of Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh inside Agra court premises. After the Jharkhand judge was killed, the apex court took suo motu cognisance and also expedited the proceedings on the PIL and sought response from all states.
The Supreme Court PIL filed in 2019 is seeking a specialised force to give “foolproof security” to all courts, judges, lawyers, litigants and witnesses in the country.
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