A division bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) issued contempt notice to a bar member Liaqat Javed who allegedly slapped a civil judge Tariq Mahmood Kahoot of Faisalabad. Bench directed the lawyer to personally appear before the court on Thursday (today).
Bench directed the district police officer (DPO) Faisalabad to ensure the compliance of this order to the lawyer. About the incident district and session judge Faisalabad had sent a reference to Chief Justice of LHC Khawaja Muhammad Sharif who constituted a division bench to take up the matter.
According to the details, Liaqat Javed had appeared before civil judge Tariq Mehmood and complained to the judge that a court bailiff had taken his client in custody an accused in a loan default case, although he had deposited the amount of default.
The judge after thoroughly reading the record of the case said the contention of the defendant's lawyer could not be entertained as no such receipt of payment had been recorded. This flared the lawyer up and he started abusing the judge. He rushed to the dais and allegedly slapped the judge repeatedly.
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