Lawyer fined over contempt of court

2 January 2012, 18:00 PM

Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court yesterday fined a lawyer of Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Association Tk 100 for contempt of court. Judge Mohammad Akhteruzzaman of the Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court handed down the verdict after Advocate Mohammad Selim hurled abusive words at him (judge) during the hearing of a case relating to a cheque bounce. Advocate Selim submitted a petition for recalling the complainant of the case even though the complainant was cross-examined elaborately. The court rejected the petition as yesterday had been fixed for delivery of the judgment of the case. Following the order, the lawyer became angry and misbehaved with him and hurled abusive words at him which were contemptuous. Later, the judge issued a show cause asking the lawyer to explain as to why the proceedings would not be drawn up against him for his derogatory remarks. But the reply against the show cause notice by the lawyer was not satisfactory. Later, the judge finally brought a charge of contempt of court against the lawyer and fined him Tk 100.