By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday stopped the authorities from demolishing the chambers of lawyers in Islamabad’s kachehri.
A three-member of the top court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed hearing the petition against the demolition of lawyers’ chambers in Islamabad. The top court accepted the appeal of the Islamabad Bar Council for the hearing and asked authorities to stop further action till the next hearing.
During the hearing, a large number of lawyers have gathered around the rostrum. The gathering irked CJ Justice Gulzar who expressed displeasure over the lawyers. He remarked that the court will not get pressurised through these actions. CJP Ahmed said that they had never done such activities as lawyers. He maintained that those lawyers who wanted to do practice have to establish their own office as it did not suit them to grab public spots.
The Supreme Court (SC) issued notice to the Attorney General and Advocate General Islamabad in the case. Justice Ijazul Ahsan questioned the lawyers about the legality of constructing chambers on playgrounds and amenity plots. CJP remarked that lawyers chambers are imagined as their personal property that were given on lease by the bar associations. “Who has given you the power to build chambers on public land? Nowhere in the country, chambers are built in grounds.”
