Lawyer Not Allowed to Withdraw Plea Allegedly Aimed at ‘Browbeating’ Charity Commissioner: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has refused to allow the withdrawal of a petition filed by Advocate Ashok Bhanushankar Trivedi, a trust, and its trustee, after the State government alleged that the plea was a deliberate attempt to browbeat and blackmail judicial officers, particularly those appointed as Charity Commissioners. The Court observed that permitting withdrawal in such cases would send a wrong signal to the lower judiciary and refused the request…