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- The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench has taken up allegations that three Delhi-based lawyers and their client were assaulted inside the Lucknow district court while trying to appear in a civil suit.
- The court constituted a special bench urgently on Tuesday, viewed a video of the incident, and said that if true, the incident would amount to grave interference with the administration of justice.
- It has directed the district judge and police commissioner to submit detailed reports, including CCTV footage and details of action taken, by Wednesday morning.
- The court has also ordered security for the advocates and listed the matter for further hearing at 10:15 am on Wednesday.
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- Reports from the district judge and police commissioner due by 10:15 am Wednesday, including CCTV footage and accused's antecedents
- Action taken against the identified lawyers, given a similar alleged assault on April 30 saw no effective police action
- Steps regarding the existing special monitoring cell under the joint commissioner of police formed after past obstructions of judicial work
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Named India · Abhipsa Mohanty · Ashutosh Srivastava · Komal Agrawal · Lucknow District Court · Mohammad Shakir · Allahabad High Court · Amarendra Kumar Sengar · Manjive Shukla · Rajan Roy · Saurabh Kumar Verma · Wazirganj Police Station
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