‘Need to identify black sheep’: Why Allahabad High Court ordered IB probe into 4 lawyers

4 min readLucknowJul 28, 2026 07:47 PM IST Acting on an application filed by Shakir and his lawyers, the bench on July 22 took suo motu cognisance of the incident and registered the matter as a public interest litigation (PIL). (Image generated using AI) Taking a stern view of four advocates going on a rampage inside the Lucknow district court premises a week ago, allegedly beating up a litigant and manhandling his lawyers, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday roped in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct a discreet inquiry into their antecedents and activities. “We need to identify the black sheep and make them accountable at the earliest,” the division bench observed in its order while prohibiting entry of these advocates into any court premises in Lucknow until the n