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The Supreme Court has travel down heavy connected members of the Barabanki District Bar Association successful Uttar Pradesh for vandalising a toll plaza and ransacking a chap advocate’s bureau aft helium appeared for the toll employees, saying that the ineligible assemblage is present tainted by specified acts of “hooliganism”.
On January 14, 5 persons allegedly assaulted advocator Ratnesh Shukla, a nonmigratory of Pratapgarh, during a quality implicit the transition of a car astatine the toll plaza successful Haidergarh tehsil.
The incidental triggered protests, with a ample fig of advocates gathering astatine the toll plaza connected the Lucknow-Sultanpur agelong of National Highway 731 and forcing a shutdown of operations.
Later, a solution was passed and circulated wrong the section Bar to the effect that nary advocator would correspond the accused persons.
Despite the resolution, advocator Manoj Shukla filed a bail exertion connected behalf of the accused, and thereafter, the members of the Bar resorted to unruly behaviour, and the bureau furnishings of the said advocator was acceptable connected fire, and his effigy was besides burnt.
The accused past filed a petition earlier the apical tribunal seeking bail arsenic nary lawyer was acceptable to correspond them successful the proceedings tribunal and besides sought transportation of trial.
A seat of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta condemned the relation of the members of the Bar astatine Barabanki, who indulged successful “hooliganism” by damaging the furniture, etc., of the advocate, who had filed the bail exertion connected behalf of the petitioners.
“The facts noted uncover a precise atrocious authorities of affairs. The ineligible profession, which was erstwhile regarded arsenic a noble profession, has intelligibly been tainted and tarnished by the acts of hooliganism perpetrated pursuant to the fracas which took spot astatine the toll plaza connected January 14, 2026.
“We tin recognize the sentiment of fraternity amongst the lawyers, but that, by nary means, tin warrant the acts of unit and lawlessness which ensued erstwhile a brave lawyer came guardant to support the accused. These deplorable acts of hooliganism merit to beryllium deprecated. The disciplinary body, i.e., the Bar Council of India, is expected to instrumentality due steps successful this regard,” the seat said.
The apical tribunal said a “bare perusal of the FIR is capable to fulfill america that it was not a lawsuit wherein the accused could person been denied bail”.
“There is nary quality that the petitioners were performing their duties astatine the toll plaza wherever the incidental happened. Possibility cannot beryllium ruled retired that the complainant whitethorn person resisted the effort of the petitioners successful demanding toll (rightly so) resulting into a spat betwixt the complainant and the employees of the toll plaza i.e., the petitioners herein,” the seat said.
The apex tribunal said denial of bail to the accused and the curtailment of their liberty for a play exceeding 2 months is perfectly unjustified and violative of the Fundamental Right of Liberty.
“In bid to guarantee that the accused get due ineligible practice and a just trial, we nonstop that the proceedings arising retired of the FIR No.15/2026 shall basal transferred to the Tis Hazari Courts, New Delhi, for each further actions, i.e., remand, filing of effect of investigation, and trial,” the seat said.
The apical tribunal said the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, shall beryllium liable for the information and information of the petitioners, and shall guarantee that aft their merchandise connected bail, the petitioners are duly escorted to a harmless location.
