Why Delhi cops are wary of acting against lawyers?

Is this why Delhi cops are wary of acting against errant lawyers? In 1988 when Kiran Bedi was northern Delhi deputy CP, lawyers alleged she was behind two attacks on a lawyers strike at Tis Hazari Court * Lawyers were protesting the handcuffing of an advocate brought to court on Jan 16, 1988, on suspicion of theft from a north Delhi college campus where Bedi was the cop in-charge * Lawyers accused Bedi of wrongly ordering the handcuffing as law doesn't permit handcuffing a suspect. * The lawyers went on strike. Bedi, they allege, engineered a mob to attack their offices and gave the orders for a lathicharge. * A home ministry panel headed by Justice DP Wadhwa, sitting Delhi HC judge, found Bedi at fault and she was transferred. * In 2015, lawyers from SC and Delhi local courts protested BJP nominating Bedi as Delhi CM

How a few tar the legal profession * 1.3 million Lawyers in India * 30% lawyers in India fake, involved in strikes and boycotts over petty issues, says Bar Council chairman Manan Kumar Mishra * February 11, 2016, arson and Vandalism, Allahabad: HC issued notices to registrar of court's Lucknow bench and bar associations after arson and vandalism by some lawyers. Bench prohibited entry of lawyer Vishal Dixit to court premises after he was pictured brandishing a revolver * JULY 3, 2015, Scuffle with police — Nearly 100 advocates booked for a two-wheeler rally in Chennai to protest a Madras HC order making helmets compulsory. * 2015, violence in court — Then CJI HL Dattu expressed anguish in open court over violence unleashed at Madras HC by some lawyers, who were demanding Tamil be made the official court language * 2013, Attack fellow lawyer — Group of lawyers allegedly attacked advocate Md Saleem, defence for the accused in UP serial blasts case. Chambers targeted, he was hospitalized * JAN 2007, Attack the accused — Lawyers attacked Nithari case accused Pandher and Surinder Koli when they were being produced in Gzb court. Six lawyers booked, but bar council denied involvement of its members * 2006, Attack terrorists — Lawyers allegedly attacked Jaish militants when they were being brought to court in Varanasi

Back to the roots? * William the Conqueror introduced a system of trial — ordeal by battle — in England * Plaintiff and defendant in a suit got into a physical fight * The assumption: God would help person in the right win * Women and Church members hired champions to fight for them * This champion was the precursor of present-day advocate