HC Bar Association members boycott courts over lawyer’s murder

Telangana High Court lawyers protest murder of advocate, boycott courts, seek safety measures from government.

Lawyers of Telangana High Court registered their protests over the murder of Rangareddy district court advocate E. Esrayel by boycotting the courts on Tuesday. Majority of the advocates practicing at the HC abstained from work at different benches of the judges. 

With the advocates agitating over the murder, work was affected at all the courts. By noon, hearing of the matters got stalled at the courts. The Acting Chief Justice of the HC, Sujoy Paul, assured the agitating members of the bar that no adverse orders would be passed in the matters in which the advocates were absent on Tuesday. 

Meanwhile, some advocates from the Nampally Criminal Courts Complex went to the Assembly building, where the budget sessions were going on, to stage demonstration. But they were detained by the police and shifted to other locations. The Telangana High Court Bar Association secretary G. Sanjeev Reddy said that Justice Sujoy Paul and the Public Prosecutor (Home) Palle Nageshwara Rao prevailed upon the authorities and secured release of the detained lawyers. 

Later, members of the bar association held a meeting and decided to meet Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and the Acting Chief Justice requesting promulgation of a Special Act for the safety and security of advocates.