A S Mohammed Rafi v/s. State of Tamil Nadu
- Aastha Sharma
- May 22, 2020
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BACKGROUND OF THE CASE
In 2010, in the State of Tamil Nadu there were regular instances of numerous clashes between the Bar and the Police. As a result of such mishappenings, some of the lawyers were assaulted by certain policemen. The matter between them worsened and a criminal case was filed against the policemen in the Court, for assaulting the lawyers and against the illegal means that they had adopted. When the matter was to be tried in the Court, The Coimbatore Bar Association passed a resolution claiming that no member of the Coimbatore Bar Association would defend the accused police officers before the Court for the criminal case brought against them. A Special Leave Petition was subsequently filed in the Supreme Court of India, against the resolution passed by the Bar Association of Coimbatore that no member of the concerned Bar Association of Coimbatore would defend the accused policemen in the criminal case filed against them.
