Ahmedabad, Jan 31: A section of city lawyers today attacked journalists on a peace march to protest the attack on press covering the Zee News' justice-on-sale expose'. According to reports, journalists from various press organisations were on a peace march when a section of lawyers, agitated over CBI's filing of FIR against three lawyers of the city's Meghani Nagar court, attacked them.
Two people got injured in the attack. However, the situation was brought under control due to tight security arrangements.
Yesterday, the CBI filed a case against three Gujarat advocates on charges of complicity in the issuance of bailable warrants for President A P J Abdul Kalam, CJI V N Khare, sitting judge B P Singh and former Supreme Court Bar Association president R K Jain by a metropolitan magistrate in Ahmedabad.
The daring exposé was carried out by Zee News to expose brazen corruption in the country’s lower courts. Bureau Report