Hundreds of lawyers on Monday forcibly entered the courtroom of IslamabadHigh Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah and thoroughly ransacked.
According to the details, the lawyers forced judges to leave theircourtrooms. They are protesting against removal of their chambers inKachehri.
The protest came after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) conducted ananti-encroachment operation and demolished some of their chambers.
The premises of the Islamabad High Court has been sealed.
A similar incident happened in December 2018, when Lawyers locked down thedistrict courts and ‘detained’ judges of the subordinate judiciary inprotest against the demolition of some of their chambers.
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The Capital Development Authority (CDA) conducted an anti-encroachmentoperation on the direction of the district judiciary and removed 21lawyers’ chambers illegally constructed on the footpath and in theemergency exit of the district courts.
In retaliation, lawyers declared the district courts a no-go area and alsoshut down a block housing 20 courtrooms.
