The High Court on Tuesday summoned 21 lawyers from the Brahmanbaria Bar Association directing them to appear before it on January 23 on a charge of chanting indecent slogans against the judge of the district Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal on January 5 and 8 even after the HC issued an order regarding the issue.
The 21 lawyers have been ordered to appear before the HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil on January 23 to give explanations about their misconduct.
The bench also issued a rule asking the lawyers to show causes as to why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for their misconduct.
The HC issued the summons order and contempt of court rule on a Suo Muto (voluntary) move after Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique sent the matter to the bench for its disposal.
The chief justice asked the HC bench to dispose of the matter after Brahmanbaria's District Judge Sharmin Nigar submitted an application describing the incidents of the 21 lawyers’ bringing out processions and chanting indecent slogans against the judge the district Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal on January 5 and 8 on the court premises.
In the application, Judge Sharmin Nigar said the indecent slogans have hampered the judicial process and threatened the people’s faith in the judicial institution.
Earlier on January 5, the same HC bench summoned the president of Brahmanbaria Bar Association and other two lawyers, directing them to appear before it on January 17 for shouting and creating chaos in the courtroom of the district Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal and for misbehaving and scolding its judge with abusive words on January 2.
Brhamanbaria Bar Association’s President Md Tanvir Bhuiyan, its Secretary (Administration) Md Akkas Ali and lawyer Zubayer Islam have been ordered to appear before the HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil on January 17 to give explanations about their conducts.
The bench also issued a rule asking Tanvir, Akkas and Zubayer to show causes as to why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for their misconduct with the judge and creating chaos in the courtroom.
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