Punjab Bar Council on Wednesday took notice of beating up of a Mandi Bahauddin session judge who had convicted deputy and assistant commissioners and awarded them jail terms of three months each.
The Punjab Bar Council has issued show-cause notices to the lawyers who thrashed session judge Rao Abdul Jabbar.
An FIR has also been registered in the Civil Lines Police Station. District and sessions judge of Mandi Bahauddin Rao Abdul Jabbar on Nov 26 convicted Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tariq Basra and Assistant Commissioner (AC) Imtiaz Ali Baig in contempt of court case, awarded them three-month imprisonment each and issued orders for sending them to jail.
However, later Lahore High Court Chief Justice suspended the order and sought replies from all parties as both AC and DC challenged the order on the purview of a consumer court to hear the case. The apex court of the province issued notices and sought replies from all parties in the case.
