Advocate Basic Kumar is alleged to have focused the bar associations through the listening to of a suo motu case initiated by the Excessive Court docket in relation to bodily assault and parading of an advocate on streets of Shillong. The advocate was earlier accused of molesting an intern.
After the accused advocate was taken out of his chamber and paraded allegedly by members of Hynniewtrep Nationwide Youth Entrance (HNYF), the Excessive Court docket bar affiliation in addition to the Shillong Bar Affiliation had written a illustration to the Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere alleging inaction by State authorities.
Throughout a listening to of the suo motu case on July 31, a bench of Chief Justice Dere and Justice W Diengdoh noticed that the police prima facie appeared to have didn’t act regardless of being current when the incident befell.
Throughout the listening to of the matter on August 3, Advocate Basic Kumar informed the Court docket that 4 individuals belonging to HNYF had been arrested within the case.