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Lawyer throws shoe at judge for rejecting bail request
Session and civil judges stopped working in protest after receiving news of incident.
Session and civil judges stopped working in protest after receiving news of incident. PHOTOS: FILE
FAISALABAD: A lawyer was immediately suspended by the district bar when he threw his shoe at a judge for rejecting a bail application, hitting him and causing judges to stop working in protest, Express News reported.
Advocate Masood went to Additional Session Judge Asad Ali’s court for bail but when the judge rejected his application, the lawyer got out of control and threw his shoe at the judge.
Upon receiving news of the incident, session and civil judges stopped working and gathered in the senior civil judge’s room in protest, while lawyers called an emergency meeting in the bar room.
The district bar, upon receiving notification of the incident, immediately suspended the lawyer’s membership.
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This is the real picture of our society and its highly educated professionals. Blaming the govt is easy but we all have to take a look at our own actions. Personal character and personal responsibility is a must for a civilized society.
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New terrorists in the making – Lawyers?
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This shoe looks very expensive ……..
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So the judges stopped working in protest to what end? Not keeping the well being of the people in mind because their feelings were hurt by a single lawyer?
Is there anything that doesn’t make any given group stage a protest in Pakistan or are some people capable of dealing with their disagreements like grown ups?
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@Aftab Kenneth Wilson:
mine was same thought too..wish had send a pair and judge gladly said ‘thanks’…
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this is our character where are we going.
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This is the fruit of FREE ADLIA campaign.
RecommendIt seems that both lawyers and judges are always looking for an opportunity not to do any work.
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Lawyers are like gangsters these days.
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Flowers on Qadris, Shoes on Judges. Shame has left Pakistan. Pakistani Lawless Lawyers RockRecommend
BTW Honorable Judge should have given due consideration, this was his only case in months and that too got rejected, how would you feel? Have sympathy for Shoeless Lawyer, I hope he has another pair, otherwise he will have to offer this juma prayer in the Mosque….Recommend
I am planning to send him(Lawless Lawyer) 50 Sandals worth Rs 50 each, anyone plans to join???Recommend
Lawyers generally behave atrociously, quite similar to the past behavior of members of armed forces and intelligence agencies. The judges can square off with all the other pressure groups in Pakistan including the holy cows of armed forces but still seems to be reluctant, nearly afraid, to enforce discipline among lawyers.
You can see them, at every tier of judiciary, regularly coming very hard and using strong language against police officers, civil servants, politicians, etc, but here they ran away to the senior civil judge’s room and stopped working. Why not arrest this person and send him to jail? Show some muscle now.
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No contempt of court for the lawyer in question. If contempt of court can be imposed on the sitting PM for allegedly refusing the Supreme Court’s order, why not on a petty lawyer for making fun of the court? Why one standard for the country’s PM and another for a petty lawyer? If things remain as they are, someday Supreme Court’s CJ will also be greeted by a shoe in his court.
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No wonder, only in Punjab.
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the picture attached to this article is not actually suitable. this looks like more of some shoe marketing than depicting the event!
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Lawyer power. Remember the black coat movement. Luckily he threw only one shoe, what if he had thrown booth? Did the shoe hit the target or missed? The judges ought to sit behind a protective screen so as to do their job without fear (shoe) or favor.Recommend
@Mirza:
One man’s action and your are starting to blame entire nation. Typical leftist
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Maybe there was a probvlem with the lawyer’s shoe….all he was looking for was a quick repair “while u wait!!!”
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