Attack on Lawyers Puts a Question Mark on Democratic Governance: Salman Khurshid

While condemning the attack on lawyers at the Tis Hazari court complex in Old Delhi on Saturday, senior lawyer and Congressman Salman Khurshid said that the severe attack puts a question mark on democratic governance.

New Delhi: Senior lawyer and Congressman Salman Khurshid said here on Saturday that the attack on lawyers puts a question mark on democratic governance. "This kind of vicious and severe attack on the legal community is very sad and it puts a question mark on democratic governance," said Khurshid.

"Lawyers are the last resort to any person who has a grievance and attack on lawyers is very sad," he told a news agency.

A major clash broke out between police and advocates at the Tis Hazari court complex in Old Delhi on Saturday in which a vehicle was set ablaze and a lawyer was hospitalized with injuries. Several others sustained injuries.

The Bar Council of India has called for a lawyers' strike across district courts in Delhi on November 4. According to an office-bearer of the Tis Hazari Bar Association, a police vehicle hit the vehicle of a lawyer after which the situation aggravated.

"A police vehicle hit the vehicle of a lawyer while he was coming to the court. When the lawyer confronted them he was ridiculed and 6 police personnel carried him inside and thrashed him. People saw this and called the police," Jai Biswal, Tis Hazari Bar association's office-bearer said.

Lawyers are sitting on a protest in the court premises.