{"id":214137,"date":"2019-04-30T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=214137"},"modified":"2019-04-30T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T11:50:53","slug":"nhrc-notice-over-reported-police-action-against-lawyers-in-howrah-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/04\/30\/nhrc-notice-over-reported-police-action-against-lawyers-in-howrah-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"NHRC notice over reported police action against lawyers in Howrah, West Bengal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Human Rights Commission, <strong>NHRC has taken <em>suo motu<\/em> cognizance of a media report supported with photograph that as many as 20 persons including the Civic Agency staff and the lawyers received head injuries in the alleged police action in Howrah, West Bengal on the 24th April, 2019<\/strong>. Reportedly, demanding action against the police personnel, the Bar Council of West Bengal observed black day throughout the State today and has resolved to cease the work till April 29th in solidarity with the lawyers of Howrah. According to media reports, the incident happened following the lawyers\u2019 faceoff with the Howrah Municipal Corporation staff over parking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, West Bengal calling for a detailed report in the matter, within four weeks including action taken against the delinquent police personnel and health status of the victims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise the serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims, who have sustained injuries in the incident. Apparently, the police personnel did not deal with the situation in a proper manner which resulted in humiliation and physical injuries to the victims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the media report that the incident was triggered after and the elderly lawyer was turned away by the Guard of the civic headquarters on Mahatma Gandhi Road in Howrah when he tried to park his vehicle in the civic agency\u2019s compound. Thereafter, the lawyers and the civic body staff fought for hours as many lawyers joined the protest against the guard. The civic staff, however, claimed that they were attacked first. Both sides, as mentioned in the news report, pelted stones and bricks at each other before the police intervened and chased away the lawyers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>[Dated: 26-04-2019]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>NHRC<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report supported with photograph that as many as 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