Two lawyers arrested for attacking judge

New Delhi, Jul 9: Two lawyers allegedly attacked a judge who was presiding over the court dealing with a matrimonial dispute case and later arrested on Wednesday, Jul 8 in New Delhi

A senior police said, "Vikas Gupta and Rekha Sharma were arrested for allegedly attacking Additional District Judge (ADJ) Pankaj Gupta, who was presiding over the court dealing with the cases under the Hindu Marriage Act at Rohini district courts."

He also said, that he was allegedly slapped and manhandled by a group of lawyers on Wednesday, Jul 8.

Sources said, "The lawyers were agitated over a bailable warrant issued against a litigant by the ADJ. A case of rioting, damage to public property, hurt and obstructing a government servant from discharging duty has been registered."

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