The Arappor Iyakkam and advocate Suresh have urged the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to initiate action against 10 advocates who allegedly attacked advocate and PUCL member Suresh and disrupted the public hearing held here in November last to document the problems being caused by rampant illicit stone quarrying in Tirunelveli district.
The separate petitions submitted by Advocate Suresh and Arappor Iyakkam convener Jayaram Venkatesan with evidence to the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on December 4 seek disciplinary action under the Advocates Act, 1961 against 10 named advocates of Tirunelveli “who in full public view, attacked Advocate Suresh and others, and forcibly disrupted a public hearing” organised by Arappor Iyakkam in Tirunelveli on November 2 last.
The public hearing was organised by Arappor Iyakkam to provide a platform for farmers and the villagers of various places in Tirunelveli district affected by illegal stone quarrying to talk about and document how the rampant illegal stone quarrying was causing social, environmental and livelihood problems to locals, especially the farmers.
The planned attack by the assailants, who openly identified themselves as “lawyers” representing the stone quarry owners and Stone Quarry Owners’ Association, occurred in the presence of the Palayamkottai police. Despite the First Information Report naming five advocates, the complaint was deliberately bereft of details about the attack, including not naming Suresh, an advocate, who suffered hard blow and injury on his head due to a chair being thrown at him from behind by a lawyer, the petitions said.
“Through these complaints, it has been sought to take immediate disciplinary action against the advocates involved in the attack against Advocate Suresh and others and remove them from the Bar,” the petitioners sought.
Published – December 06, 2025 06:38 pm IST
