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SHC CJ suspends Umerkot court official for involvement in torture of health officials
[DAWN] UMERKOT: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court has suspended superintendent of district and sessions court Umerkot Akbar Ali Rahimoon, and assured a group lawyers that an impartial inquiry against the rest of persons, including district and sessions judge, involved in alledged humiliation and torture of healthcare officials on court premises would be conducted.Poonjo Mal Bheel, president of Umerkot District Bar Association, told Dawn on phone that SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh met a delegation of lawyers, including himself, member of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) Sher Mohammad Wassan, SBC vice president Qurban Malano and Jai Dev Sharma at his office in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Saturday and assured them that an impartial inquiry would be launched into the incident. Two women health officials -- a doctor and a lady health visitor -- were apparently roughed up a few days ago by police in Umerkot when they refused to visit a judge’s home to treat his son. The CJ also suspended superintendent of district court Mr Rahimoon and vowed that justice would be served to the victimised women, said Mr Poonjo quoting the chief justice. He said that they also requested the chief justice to appoint an SHC judge to carry out an impartial inquiry against all the persons involved in the incident, including the district and sessions judge, under whose directions it took place. He said: "It is the worst act in the history of judiciary that innocent women were brought to court through police, and subjected to humiliation, abuse and torture in the courtroom which is paradoxically the place where justice is administered. The sessions judge involved in this crime against health officials has been running the judiciary like his personal fiefdom". Posted by: Fred 2017-08-07 |
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