<p>A lawyer attempted self-immolation inside a courtroom at Rohini Courts Complex on Friday. Ravinder Dabas did not suffer burns, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On being questioned, Kanjhawala-resident Dabas told police that he was upset over no chamber being allotted to him at the court complex for at least three years. A case of attempt to suicide under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code has been filed against Dabas. <br /><br />The courtroom in which Dabas went was of a member of the court’s chamber allotment committee.<br /><br />In 2014, Dabas and 20 other lawyers had also filed a case in Delhi High Court through senior advocate Ram Jethmalani. It was after an order rejected their applications saying that they were not ‘primarily practicing’ at the Rohini court.<br /><br />On Friday, the incident occurred at around 11 am when Dabas went to courtroom 216. He was carrying kerosene in a bottle, and raised his issue there. Dabas claimed that the allotment committee was being unfair to him. <br /><br />Soon, Dabas poured kerosene on his gown and used a lighter to set the gown ablaze. Other lawyers and court staff rushed to douse the flames.<br /><br />“They managed to remove Dabas’ gown due to which he escaped unhurt,” said Vikramjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer).<br /><br />Police took Dabas to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. He was discharged without any treatment.<br /><br />Dabas told police that he took the extreme step as he was fed up of his fight to get a chamber allotted. He claimed that he and many others who were senior and eligible, were overlooked during the process to allot chambers.<br /><br />Dabas claims that the allotment process at court complex started in 2013. “The allotment committee favours several lawyers while the eligible are kept away. A list was issued in January mentioning us as eligible candidates, but I was never allotted a chamber,” Dabas told media.<br /><br />Dabas claims that he fulfilled the criteria of ten cases and fifty appearances as mentioned in the application form.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A lawyer attempted self-immolation inside a courtroom at Rohini Courts Complex on Friday. Ravinder Dabas did not suffer burns, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>On being questioned, Kanjhawala-resident Dabas told police that he was upset over no chamber being allotted to him at the court complex for at least three years. A case of attempt to suicide under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code has been filed against Dabas. <br /><br />The courtroom in which Dabas went was of a member of the court’s chamber allotment committee.<br /><br />In 2014, Dabas and 20 other lawyers had also filed a case in Delhi High Court through senior advocate Ram Jethmalani. It was after an order rejected their applications saying that they were not ‘primarily practicing’ at the Rohini court.<br /><br />On Friday, the incident occurred at around 11 am when Dabas went to courtroom 216. He was carrying kerosene in a bottle, and raised his issue there. Dabas claimed that the allotment committee was being unfair to him. <br /><br />Soon, Dabas poured kerosene on his gown and used a lighter to set the gown ablaze. Other lawyers and court staff rushed to douse the flames.<br /><br />“They managed to remove Dabas’ gown due to which he escaped unhurt,” said Vikramjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer).<br /><br />Police took Dabas to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. He was discharged without any treatment.<br /><br />Dabas told police that he took the extreme step as he was fed up of his fight to get a chamber allotted. He claimed that he and many others who were senior and eligible, were overlooked during the process to allot chambers.<br /><br />Dabas claims that the allotment process at court complex started in 2013. “The allotment committee favours several lawyers while the eligible are kept away. A list was issued in January mentioning us as eligible candidates, but I was never allotted a chamber,” Dabas told media.<br /><br />Dabas claims that he fulfilled the criteria of ten cases and fifty appearances as mentioned in the application form.<br /><br /></p>
