The High Court on Tuesday summoned 21 lawyers of Brahmanbaria for staging a protest rally and chanting slogans against a judge of District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-1.
The bench comprising Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order, asking the 21 to appear in person and give an explanation on January 23.
Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy represented the state in court.
Earlier, the High Court on Thursday summoned three lawyers including the Brahmanbaria Bar Association president for misbehaving with the judge.
The three are Brahmanbaria Bar Association President Advocate Tanvir Ahmed Bhuiyan, Secretary (Administration) Advocate Md Akkas Ali and Advocate Zubair Islam
The bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order in a suo moto ruling.
The court asked the trio to appear before the court on January 17 to explain the matter.
The court also issued a rule questioning why punitive action shall not be taken against them on contempt of court charges.
On January 4, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad Faruq sent a written complaint to the High Court to take action against those involved in this incident. Later, on the instructions of the chief justice, the registrar general of the Supreme Court sent the written complaint of the judge to the High Court bench.
On January 2, Brahmanbaria Bar Association President Advocate Md Tanvir Bhuiyan, Secretary Advocate Md Akkas Ali and around 10-15 lawyers including Zubair Islam came and rudely asked the judge to leave the courtroom. Advocate Tanvir hurled abusive words at the court, as per the complaint.
One of the policemen present in the courtroom recorded the incident which was attached to the complaint.
Considering the misconduct with a judge during a court session, it is necessary to settle the complaint in the interest of the safety of the judge and the image of the judiciary, reads the complaint.