Delhi Police vs Lawyers: Know all about the dispute in 10 points, whose fault is it after all?

New Delhi, November 5,2019:  The dispute between Delhi Police and lawyers since Saturday increased on Monday and Tuesday. Since Tuesday morning, policemen gathered in front of their police headquarters and started demonstrations.

However, after nearly 11 hours of peaceful demonstrations, Delhi Police personnel called off their protest demonstration. The special thing about this dharna is that this is the first time in the country that such a large number of policemen came out on the road against the chief of police of a state. Even during his address, he had to become a victim of policemen hooting.

Let’s know in 10 points, after all, what is this dispute and whose fault it all started.

First dispute on Saturday

The dispute started on Saturday November 2, 2019 from Tis Hazari Court in Delhi. Here some Delhi Police personnel were on duty in the court. During the trial of the convicts, there was a police car brought near by where a lawyer parked his vehicle. After this, the police started convincing the lawyer to remove it and park their vehicle somewhere else.

Both sides accuse each other

Gradually the matter grew. Policemen and lawyers got entangled there and after that both sides became furious. Policemen were accused of gunning down a lawyer in a lockup. The other policeman is accused of shooting. However, the police say that in view of the raging crowd, the bullet has been fired in self-defence. The other party (police) says that the lawyers have beaten them.

The strike started from Monday

After this dispute, all the lawyers of Delhi went on strike from Monday. While work was disrupted due to the strike at Rouse Avenue and Patiala House, the strike was widespread in Delhi’s High Court, Tis Hazari, Karkardooma and Saket courts. All work stopped. The Supreme Court lawyers reached India Gate and demonstrated in support of the protesting lawyers. By raising slogans against the police, the lawyers demanded action against the accused policemen.

Controversy increased on Tuesday

On Tuesday, a new twist in the dispute came when the police took to the road. A large number of policemen began to gather in front of Delhi Police Headquarters since morning, after which several thousands of policemen gathered and started raising slogans. All the police began demanding the removal of Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik. Opposition was increasing. High officials who came to convince these people were disappointed. The policemen were adamant to fulfill their demands.

What were the demands of police personnel

Policemen demand that police protection of judges of all levels be withdrawn. Along with this, all the lawyers involved in the violence should be prosecuted. The FIR should be immediately filed on the complaint made by all the police officers affected by the violence. With this, complete police protection should be removed from the courts. Traffic police should not be soft on lawyers. The entry of lawyers and their staff in all police stations and police offices in Delhi should be closed. Police Protection Act should be applicable for police officers and policemen. Apart from this, there should be union for Delhi Police officers and employees and no police personnel should support the Government of Delhi led by Arvind Kejriwal, who has been supporting the lawyers.

High court took cognizance

The Delhi High Court on Sunday held a special hearing in the dispute by taking suo motu cognizance. In this, the Bench of Chief Justice had ordered a judicial inquiry into the entire case and asked to submit the report in 6 weeks. With this, the arrest of the lawyers was stayed till the investigation was completed.

People were upset due to jam and protests as it was evening

The protests since morning increased considerably by evening. Then policemen also included their family members in this protest. All the family members reached Delhi’s India Gate and shouted slogans there. There were 10,000 policemen in front of their headquarters till late evening. Due to this development, road got jammed and there was terrible jam going towards ITO. Many people said that they missed their train due to jam.