A district court in Ghaziabad witnessed massive chaos and drama after heated arguments between the Judge and lawyers. The ruckus broke out around 11 am in the court complex following a heated altercation between an advocate and the judge over the hearing of a matter related to anticipatory bail. The confrontation began when lawyers gathered outside the judge’s room to voice their grievances regarding specific rulings that they deemed unjust. The judge then alerted the police, who arrived at the scene and began to remove the lawyers.

The situation escalated quickly, leading to a lathi charge by police to disperse the protesting lawyers. The confrontation began when lawyers gathered outside the judge’s room to voice their grievances regarding specific rulings that they deemed unjust.

On condition of anonymity, a lawyer said that a group of advocates had demanded that District and Sessions Judge Anil Kumar should hear the case of anticipatory bail on priority, which he denied and stated that the case would be entertained as per the listing.

However, purported video clips of the incident doing the rounds on social media showed a large number of police personnel and lawyers in a confrontation in the courtroom. Visuals of the clash between police and lawyers have surfaced on social media, showing police using force to evict lawyers from the court premises. In the video, a policeman is seen taking a chair and threatening lawyers as if he would throw it on them after which lawyers are seen running through the corridor as cops continue to disperse them. Chairs were also hurled in the courtroom as police tried to bring the situation under control.

Some of the lawyers sustained minor injuries in the incident and the Bar Association has called for a meeting over the incident. Angry over the lathi charge, the lawyers created a huge uproar.

They vandalised the police post at the court complex and sat on a protest outside the court. The lawyers shouted slogans against the judge. Meanwhile, the judges have stopped their work in protest against the misconduct.

After the incident, all the judges stopped working in the court and the Bar Association called for a meeting. In July 2023, a clash between two groups of lawyers caused chaos at Delhi’s Tis Hazari court complex. Videos quickly surfaced showing some lawyers firing what looked like country-made pistols, with at least five to six rounds being shot, causing people to panic and run for cover.