Karnataka HC questions Hubli Bar's refusal to represent Kashmiri students
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Kashmiri students presented in the court being attacked by goons as they were presented in a court _file
"Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday questioned the resolution passed by the Hubli Bar Association which blocked its lawyers from representing the three Kashmiri students who are charged with sedition for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Sreeniwas Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar ordered the Hubli Commissioner of Police to ensure complete Police protection for those advocates who wish to represent the three Kashmiri engineering students against whom sedition charges were pressed.
Taking strong exception to the said resolution, CJ Oka remarked, “How can the Bar Association pass such a resolution. By passing such a resolution they are obstructing court work. Are they carrying out a mini-trial by themselves?”
The students were transferred to Belgaum Hindalga jail from Hubli sub-jail on Tuesday.
They were shifted to Hubli fearing the attack of other jail inmates.