“If the lawyer feels he can be called as usual, it will have a chilling effect on justice”: Supreme Court to Decide on Magistrate Nod for Summons to Lawyers

Supreme Court to hear if magistrate approval should be mandatory before summoning lawyers in probes. Move follows ED’s controversial summons to senior advocates in ESOP case.

Madras High Court Judge Summons Lawyer Who Alleged Caste Bias – Hears Case Against Himself

Justice G R Swaminathan of Madras HC summoned Advocate S Vanchinathan over a bias complaint the lawyer filed against him. Despite being the subject, the judge presided over the contempt hearing himself.