Tis Hazari court clash: Delhi HC extends time till Dec 31 to complete probe

Delhi High Court on Monday extended till December 31, 2020 time granted to a court-appointed commission to probe into clash between Delhi Police personnel and lawyers at  Tis Hazari court complex in vember last year. initial time granted to complete probe ended on May 31, however, more time to probe matter was sought in view of coronavirus-induced lockdown.

A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice DN Patel extended time granted to judicial commission to probe violence. Meanwhile, court was told that statements of 124 witnesses have been recorded in matter till date.

Lawyers had sought disciplinary actions and initiation of departmental inquiry against several IPS and senior police officers for circulating provocative statements against lawyers on social media. y also demanded dismissal of several cops on grounds that agitation was in complete contravention of prevalent laws.

Earlier, Delhi High Court had taken suo moto cognizance of incident and constituted a judicial committee to conduct an inquiry in matter. 

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clashes between Delhi police and lawyers

origin of dispute was a fight over a parking spot. On vember 3, Delhi High Court ordered a judicial inquiry by a retired High Court judge into this incident. However, impasse continued and Republic TV accessed a shocking video in which a lawyer can be seen assaulting a policeman outside main gate of Saket court in national capital. 

reafter, hundreds of police officials std a protest at Police Headquarters in Delhi. After police approached Delhi HC seeking a clarification on its original order, latter advocated mediation between  “responsible” representatives of lawyers and police. Moreover, court made it clear that its direction of t taking any coercive action against advocates was only applicable to FIRs relating to Tis Hazari court incident.  

In January 2020, PTI sources revealed that Delhi police had identified a woman lawyer who was first person to spark off clashes. Reportedly, she torched motorcycle of a policeman. According to sources, police identified lawyer with help of multiple CCTV cameras.  

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(Im credits: ANI)