The subordinate judiciary in the city suspended work after a civil judge received a life threat on Monday. The life threat to a member of subordinate judiciary turned into a bomb hoax in Sessions Courts and Aiwan-e-Adl, owing to a communication lapse between the senior civil judge and the session judge. This miscommunication affected the litigants as the judges deferred all cases to a new date.
It all started when a litigant, on Monday, threatened a civil judge to kidnap him. The civil judge informed his senior civil judge about the threat, who brought it into the notice of district and session judge (D&SJ). The D&SJ, who thought it was a bomb scare, asked the law enforcing agencies to take action to secure the Sessions Courts and Aiwan-e-Adl. The D&SJ also instructed additional D&SJs and civil judges to adjourn all cases without hearing them. The judges complied. Meanwhile, the police force deputed in Sessions Courts and Aiwan-e-Adl tightened security and barred people from entering the courts without a full body search. Until the end of the day, police could not recover any explosive material from the courts.