Srinagar: The Supeme Court (SC) took a serious note of Kathua bar for obstructing law process and said it has decided to examine, of its own accord, the Kathua gangrape-murder case, Times of India reported.
According to report SC has also issued notice to the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir for preventing the filing of a chargesheet against the rape accused.
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“The SC also took serious note of the Kathua District Bar Association and the High Court Bar Association at Jammu striking work and opposing the filing of the chargesheet in the rape case, and obstructing a lawyer from representing the victim’s family. It issued notices to these two associations as well,” reads the TOI report.
The Times of India report further says that SC bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra sought answers from all the people it issued notices to by April 19 and said it is ‘impermissible under law and ethics to prevent the filing of a chargesheet or oppose the representation of the victim’s family by a lawyer.’
“The SC bench said every party before any court is entitled to engage a lawyer and if advocates oppose this principle then it would be destructive of justice dispensation system,” the Times of India.
