This story is from November 5, 2019

Cops vs lawyers: Delhi Police ends 11-hour-long protest

Delhi Police personnel ended their 11-hour-long protest after assurance that their grievances will be addressed. Addressing the protesters, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Golcha urged them to end stir and resume duty, while assuring them that a review petition will be filed against the Delhi HC order in connection with a clash between cops & lawyers.
Delhi: Policemen end 11-hour-long protest at police headquarters
Key Highlights
  • Delhi Police personnel ended nearly 11-hour-long protest after assurance by senior officers to redress their grievances
  • Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Golcha assured that a review petition will be filed against the Delhi HC order
  • However, officials said that the Centre seems to be unhappy over the manner in which the protest was held
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police personnel ended their nearly 11-hour-long protest after assurance by senior officers that their grievances will be addressed.
Addressing the protesters, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Golcha urged them to end stir and resume duty, while assuring them that a review petition will be filed against the Delhi high court order in connection with a clash between cops and lawyers at the Tis Hazari courts complex.


The senior officer said the injured policemen will get an ex-gratia of at least Rs 25,000.
However, officials said that the Centre seems to be unhappy over the manner in which the protest was held by Delhi Police personnel in violation of service conduct even though it is sympathetic to their grievances.
The view emerging in the central government in the wake of police protests after the lawyers-police clash is that the Delhi Police leadership failed to live up to the occasion to control the situation, leading to adverse public perception, they said, adding a shakeup in the top brass of the force is expected soon.

"There may be genuine grievances of the police but they have to be raised through proper channel. We can't allow a disciplined force to develop a mob mentality," a senior official explained.
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Since the police comes under essential services, the duty of such personnel is to render their service irrespective of the conditions. Police protect the law and hence they have the bigger onus, the official said, referring to similar protests staged in Uttar Pradesh by police in 1973, which were eventually curbed.
On the other hand, lawyers are officers of the court and have to maintain professional conduct and they too can't develop mob mentality, another official said, referring to the lawyers allegedly involved in violence at Tis Hazari court.
There is a possibility that action might be taken against those who violated the law and rules on both sides - lawyers and policemen, the official said.
The unprecedented protests were triggered by two attacks on their colleagues, one on Monday and another on Saturday after a parking dispute between an on-duty policeman and a lawyer which led to at least 20 security personnel and several advocates being injured.
Two FIRs were registered against a lawyer, who was seen in a video hitting a uniformed policeman on a motorcycle with his elbow and slapping him outside the Saket district court.
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