Banning Advocates From Carrying Weapons Inside Court Premises

Itʼs crucial.

- Sanjeev Sirohi

It is most horrifying to learn that a 37-year-old young and promising lawyer, Darvesh Yadav who had just recently on June 9, 2019, been elected as the first woman chairperson of Bar Council of UP, on June 12 (only three days later) was shot dead right inside the Agra District Court by another lawyer Manish Sharma, thus cutting short her life in the most gruesome manner which can never be justified under any circumstances. Why can’t advocates as well as others be barred from carrying weapons inside court premises? UP Bar Council is the biggest Bar Council in the world with maximum members numbering more than one lakh and what a spectacle has been created that none other than the Chairperson of UP Bar Council has been shot dead right inside court premises. Needless to say, the lawyers of not just West UP but the entire UP observed strike the next day following her murder and everyone roundly condemned the dastardly manner of her killing right inside court premises. Manish Sharma fired at least three rounds at Darvesh Yadav inside the chambers of another lawyer – Arvind Kumar Mishra, and then later shot himself in the head. Alas, a promising young woman’s career who became UP Bar Council head at such a young age of 37 and her life was brought to an abrupt end. It must be ensured that henceforth no person whether he or she is an advocate or anyone else is allowed to carry weapons right inside court premises.