World News | Pak Court Sentences Lawyer to Six Months in Jail for Using Foul Language Against Judge
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A Pakistani court on Monday sentenced a senior lawyer to six months in jail for using foul language against a judge of the high court.
Lahore, Apr 8 (PTI) A Pakistani court on Monday sentenced a senior lawyer to six months in jail for using foul language against a judge of the high court.
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan handed down a six-month jail term to Advocate Zahid Mahmood Goraya under a contempt of court charge for misbehaving with Justice Sultan Tanvir Ahmad of LHC.
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Also, the judge imposed a fine of PKR100,000 on him.
Judge Ahmad had filed a case to LHC Chief Justice Khan against Goraya for using foul language against the senior judge during the hearing of a case.
"Although Advocate Goraya submitted an unconditional apology, but the LHC chief justice indicted him under the contempt charges and convicted him after the prosecution played a video proof of his outburst against the judge," a court official said.
Lawyers rarely get convicted for misbehaving with judges.
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