The Bar associations across Delhi have decided to refrain from work today after Advocate Virender Narwal was shot dead in broad daylight.No work on monday is to to offer condolences and demand for speedy investigation in the case.
Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) Chairman and Senior Advocate KK Manan, while speaking to media said that the lawyers want the assailants to be arrested as soon as possible.
Advocate Manan said that this is not a protest,but a work to show solidarity with our colleague’s family.
He added that the purpose from abstaining from work is the want for Delhi Police to nab the perpetrators quickly and complete investigation to bring justice to Virender Narwal’s family
Secretary General of the North Delhi Lawyer’s Association,Advocate Vineet Jindal, said that act of killing is an attack on lawyer’s fraternity in Delhi.
Jindal stated that the incidents of threats and violence against lawyers are increasing day by day but no security has been provided to us or our families.
The advocate who was killed named Narwal (51) was shot dead on Saturday by two bike-borne assailants in Dwarka. He practised in the Dwarka court.
According to media report, the police suspect personal enmity, but the investigating agency is yet to make any arrest.
It is pertinent to note that Narwal was provided security cover after an attack on him in 2017. However, it was withdrawn in 2021.
The decision to abstain from work on Monday was taken in a meeting of the Coordination Committee of All the District Bar Associations, Delhi held on Sunday.
The Lawyers desire the government to finally bring in the Advocates Protection Act.
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