Demanding action against Mussoorie SDM Swati Bhadauria for her alleged misbehaviour with a senior advocate, the lawyers attached to Dehradun Bar Association boycotted their works in the court on Tuesday. The cease-work would continue on Wednesday too if no action is taken against the SDM concerned, said DBA Secretary Anil Gandhi.
Works related to court and revenue were disturbed due to the stir with the people visiting the court having returned disappointed. Advocates assembled at the court campus on Tuesday morning and shouted slogans against the administration. later, they took out a rally in the court campus to register their protest against the SDM concerned.
Expressing anguish over senior advocate SP Tyagi being misbehaved, the agitated advocates demanded immediate written apology from the SDM Bhadauria and action against her by the state government. later, they met the SDM (Sadar) and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister.
Sources said that as Tyagi approached the SDM court regarding the hearing of a matter SDM Bhadauria had allegedly misbehaved him and had ordered the gunner to throw him out of the court. However, other advocates present intervened when the gunner was shoving him out, sources added.
Gandhi warned that the association will intensify its protest across the state unless action is taken against Mussoorie SDM. Earlier too, an incident of misbehavour by SDM with senior advocates occurred in the Collectorate, they said, adding that the state government should take action against Mussoorie SDM to avoid recurrence of such acts in future.
Earlier, DBA members had protested against a senior advocate Satya Narayan being allegedly misbehaved by then SDM (Sadar) Nitin Bhadauria. It was then learnt that when senior advocate Satya Narayan sought for immediate date in a case from SDM the latter refused and threatened to lodge FIR against him.
Among those present in Tuesday’s protest were DBA president Manmohan Kandwal, vice-president Prakash T Pal, ex-president Rajiv Sharma, Madan Singh Rawat, Shambhu Mamgai, Alok Ghildiyal, Vinod Kumar and others.