Lawyer throws shoe at judge for rejecting bail request

Session and civil judges stopped working in protest after receiving news of incident.

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.