Delhi HC advocates mediation between lawyers & police to bolster peace

The Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar passed an order on Wednesday, advocating mediation between the “responsible” representatives of the lawyers and the police. The court advised the two warring sides to work towards sorting out their differences in an amicable manner. Reckoning that the rift between the advocates and the police had arisen due to a “communication gap”, the bench expressed hope that peace would prevail if a sincere attempt was made.  

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The order read, “In our view, therefore, it would be advisable, in this case, that a joint meeting, of responsible representatives of the Advocates and the Police establishment be convened, who should make a sincere effort to meet and sort out their differences amicably, on the basis of discussion and deliberations, with the objective of dissolution of their differences, which, in our view, have essentially arisen owing to a communication gap, during the last few days. We are hopeful that, if a sincere attempt is made in this direction, peace and harmony will ultimately prevail.” 

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Delhi High Court hears MHA and Delhi police pleas

Earlier, the bench heard the plea of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seeking clarification of the court order dated November 3 dealing with the clashes between the police and the lawyers outside the Tis Hazari court on November 2. The Delhi police had also moved the court requesting the modification of certain words in the order. An unprecedented number of lawyers flooded the premises of the Delhi High Court on this occasion. In the order, the court clarified that its direction not to take any coercive action against the advocates was only applicable to the FIRs relating to the Tis Hazari court incident. Furthermore, the bench stated that the sections highlighting the alleged adverse role of the police were “prima facie observations” and “tentative in nature”.

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