- The Karachi Bar has announced to end its strike after all its demands were met including removal of Session Judge East
- The lawyers were on a boycott of the legal proceedings since June 1, when they allegedly caught and got arrested a court’s watchman over his alleged involvement in criminal activities
- Judge Shahani submitted a report to Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh stating that the lawyers wanted to ‘illegally encroach upon a piece of land, ———————————————————————
KARACHI: The city court finally opened with routine normalcy after as many as five days on Wednesday after compromises between lawyers and court staffers, Bol News reported.
The Karachi Bar has announced to end its strike after all its demands were met including removal of Session Judge East and reporting him to Sindh High Court. A notification in that regard was issued on Tuesday.
The lawyers were on a boycott of the legal proceedings since June 1, when they allegedly caught and got arrested a court’s watchman over his alleged involvement in criminal activities. But, they claimed that District and Sessions Judge (East) Khalid Hussain Shahani got him released from the City Courts police station.
To criticise the use of his judicial powers, the lawyers initially boycotted legal proceedings in district-East during which they also allegedly blocked the gate to the entrance of judges to the judicial complex.
On the other hand, Judge Shahani submitted a report to Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh stating that the lawyers wanted to ‘illegally encroach upon a piece of land, which was reserved for the judges’ parking’ on the city courts’ premises. When, the watchman, Faisal, stopped them from doing so, the lawyers subjected him to torture and got him arrested at the City Courts police station, maintained the district’s judicial head in his report.
However, the lawyers continued their boycott till Tuesday,
demanding the CJ to transfer Judge Shahani.
