LARKANA: The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA), Larkana chapter, has strongly condemned an attack on the Additional Sessions Judge-11 of Sukkur Javed Ahmed Mirani.
Expressing its profound concern over the unfortu-nate and alarming incident, the Bar’s General Secretary Asif Hussain Chandio said in a statement issued here on Saturday that the ‘Bar considers the incident as a grave assault upon the dignity, independence and authority of the judicial institution’.
Any attempt to intimidate, threaten, obstruct orattack a judicial officer constitutes a serious challenge to the rule of law and the administration of justice, according to him.
The statement said it was particularly disturbing that a judicial officer, while discharging his lawful and constitutional responsibilities, could become the target of such an incident. If judicialattack a judicial officer constitutes a serious challenge to the rule of law and the administration of justice, according to him.
The statement said it was particularly disturbing that a judicial officer, while discharging his lawful and constitutional responsibilities, could become the target of such an incident. If judicialofficers are not adequately protected, the independence and effectiveness of the justice system itself may be put at risk. The security of judges cannot be treated as an ordinary law-and-order matter; it is directly connected with the protection of the institution of justice.
The Bar,therefore,calls upon the Sindh IGP,Sukkur DIG and SSP, and all other law-enforcement authorities concerned to take immediate, effective and comprehensive measures for the protection and security of the judges, judicial officers, advocates,courtstaffand other members of the legal fraternity, the statement added.
The Larkana Bar alsodemanded an impartial and transparent investigationinto theincident.
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