Popular Front calls on world leaders, UN Security Council for urgent steps to lift Gaza siege
New Delhi: Popular Front of India Chairman E Abubacker while expressing its solidarity with the people of Gaza against the Israeli airstrikes have termed the air campaign ‘Outraging and Saddening’ that has killed dozens of civilians including a pregnant woman and her fourteen month-old niece and injured several others over the last few days.
“Popular Front called upon the UN Security Council and the world leaders to take urgent steps to get the siege on Gaza lifted” a press release from the organisation added.
“The sporadic attacks and siege is part of the ongoing genocide of people of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world. The world watched when the Israeli attacks in the past years starting from 2006 took thousands of lives and left several thousand permanently disabled”
“It is to be noted that Gazan people are already being strangulated by the deadly and inhuman siege imposed by Israel in 2006 which prevents inflow of basic necessities like food, medicine and fuel. The siege has literally made the strip world’s largest open jail” the release further added.
The release also stressed that a mere ceasefire is far from relief to the people in Gaza and that only an immediate end to the siege and the ongoing illegal settlement can have bring a lasting solution to the issue.
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BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custody
New Delhi (PTI): The Bar Council of India on Wednesday sought the urgent intervention of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant following a "deeply disturbing" incident where a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court reportedly sent a young advocate to
24-hour judicial custody over a procedural lapse.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, in a formal representation, termed the conduct of Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao "grossly inappropriate" and "damaging to the confidence of the Bar".
“I most respectfully request your Lordship to kindly take immediate institutional cognizance of the matter and call for the video recording of the proceedings, the order passed, and the surrounding circumstances.
“I further request that appropriate administrative action may kindly be considered, including withdrawal of judicial work from the learned Judge pending review, his immediate transfer to some far off High Court, and his nomination for appropriate judicial training/orientation on court management, judicial temperament, Bar-Bench relations, and proportional exercise of contempt/judicial authority,” Mishra wrote.
This representation is made to preserve the “dignity, moral authority and public confidence of the judiciary”, he said, adding, “Judges command the highest respect not by fear, but by fairness, patience, restraint and constitutional humility”.
The communication urged the CJI to intervene at the earliest to ensure that the faith of Bar, particularly young advocates, in the protective and corrective role of the judiciary is restored.
The controversy stems from proceedings on May 5.
According to the BCI, a video circulating online shows Justice Rao rebuking a young advocate who was unable to produce a specific order copy during a hearing.
The letter said that despite the advocate "repeatedly seeking pardon and mercy" and claiming he was in physical pain, the judge remained "unmoved".
The judge allegedly told the lawyer, "now you will learn," and mocked his experience before directing the Registrar and police personnel to take him into custody for 24 hours.
The BCI chairperson said that the judge’s actions lacked proportionality and fairness.
"The dignity of the court is not enhanced when a lawyer is made to beg for grace in open court and is still sent to custody for a procedural lapse," the letter said.
"A young lawyer... is an officer of the Court, still learning, still growing, and entitled to correction without humiliation," it added.
The bar body said that such actions create a "chilling effect" on the legal fraternity, particularly among junior members, and undermine the mutual respect required between the Bench and the Bar.
