Civil judge injured as lawyer smashes chair on his head in Jaranwala

JARANWALA: A Lawyer on Thursday attacked Civil Judge over minor tiff during hearing of a case in Jaranwala, Faisalabad, ARY News reported.

As per details, the local lawyer attacked Senior Civil Judge Khalid Mehmood with a chair and busted his head wide open.

The judge was rushed to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) for medical treatment; meanwhile medico-legal report was acquired in order to take action against the lawyer.

Several cases of the lawyers misbehaving with the judges and people belonging to the various walks of the society have been reported.

Earlier this month, lawyers allegedly thrashed a warden and an assistant warden for trying to issue them a challan over the violation of traffic rules.

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Reportedly, the traffic wardens had stopped lawyers who were riding a vehicle on Jail Road over the violation of using a cellphone while driving and not using a seatbelt.

The warden tried to issue a challan over the violations. However, the lawyers resisted and this led to the exchange of hot words between both parties. The lawyers beat a warden and an assistant warden.

The matter was brought into the notice of Ghalib Market Police Station. Acting SHO said the parties had reached to conciliation and no case was registered.