Saturday, December 14, 2019

Property grab: HC lambasts lawyers, seeks edu details

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:14.12.2019

Censuring a group of lawyers who ransacked a guest house in the city and took illegal possession of the property, the Madras high court on Friday observed that such advocates are an insult to the profession.

It also directed the advocates concerned to disclose their educational details, including the colleges where they completed law degree, in two weeks.

“Did you study law only to get involved in such activities? It is understandable if a rowdy commits such offences. But when lawyers resort to such actions it affects the dignity of the profession,” a division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and R Pongiappan said.

The issue pertains to a plea moved by the lessee of the property alleging that about 15 people had barged on to the premises on December 7 and claimed that they had an order from a civil court to evict him from the premises. They threatened his supervisor and other staff and told them to leave the premises besides verbally abusing him, the petitioner added.

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