The Calcutta High Court was hearing a suo motu PIL in the egg attack on advocate Sayan Banerjee at Baruipur court
Chief Justice Ghuge said the court had already asked police to enhance and strengthen security arrangements on the HC premises. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court recently proposed a slew of steps, including the installation of metal detectors, that might be taken at district courts to ensure lawyers’ safety on court premises. The bench has also written to district judges and associations, proposing a ban on cigarettes, paan and gutka on the court premises. Seeking the court’s intervention, Kalyan submitted in the court that the advocates, who were against the current ruling dispensation and the BJP govt, were going through a critical phase amid constant threats of attacks.
The HC on Thursday sought a report from the state on the action taken by the police in the attacks on advocates in the past few months. A section of Calcutta HC advocates, led by senior advocate and four-time Trinamool Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee, on Thursday sought the attention of the bench of the Chief Justice on the attack on Bhattacharya’s residence at Purbalok near Jadavpur earlier that day.
Banerjee’s case will be next heard on Dec 11.
Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge told this to lawyers during the hearing of court’s suo motu PIL in an egg attack on advocate Sayan Banerjee at Baruipur court. The state counsel told CJ that lawyers’ strike was lifted at various courts and security was increased on court premises. The division bench of CJ and Justice Om Narayan Rai are also dealing with lawyers’ strikes across the state against repeated violence on lawyers. The state has been directed to submit a detailed report. The state also submitted that action was taken on the attack on lawyers at the Bankshall Court, attack on Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya’s residence, and attack on lawyers in West Midnapore.