P.H Parekh, a lawyer in the Supreme Court said on Sunday that while the new Chief Justice of India R M Lodha was addressing media persons he saw that a fire broke out in his own chamber and that there was no knowledge of how to tame it using fire extinguisher.
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"I have Chamber no 134. I was attending the party of our new chief justice. When I came back I saw that my chamber was in fire. People here did not know how to open the fire extinguisher.
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Something must have been burnt. I can confirm you that only after taking a look.
Short circuit is not a probability. But I cannot say you this on confirmation," a lawyer, P.H Parekh, said.
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A fire broke out on Sunday in the supreme old lawyers' chamber at around noon.
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Police sources say that the fire is under control. It happened while the new Chief Justice of India R M Lodha was addressing media persons in the building which is over fifty years old.