IHC orders to quash cases against medical students

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered to quash case registered against medical students over violating Covid-19 SOPs and section 144. In a 6-page verdict, Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri wrote down reasons for quashing the cases against medical students, who were booked by Islamabad police for staging protest. 

In its verdict, the IHC said the medical students were booked over chanting anti-government slogans and violating Covid-related SOPs, on the complaint of the operator of the Kohsar police station.

However, the case cannot be registered under section 195-1A in the absence of the government official responsible for ensuring the imposition of section 144.

The IHC ordered the police to quash the case against the students.

In another development lawyers facing contempt charges over Islamabad High Court (IHC) attack case in 2021, sought an unconditional apology.

IHC Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the contempt case against lawyers for attacking IHC. At the outset of the hearing, the lawyers sought an unconditional apology from the court.