The Supreme Court Today (Nov 29) expressed its exasperation with the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association over its boycotts from court work, lamenting that lawyers cannot hold litigants to ransom in this manner. A Bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Augustine George Masih added that there were other means of registering protest instead of declaring strikes or bringing court work to a halt.
The Supreme Court of India recently concluded a contempt of court case against the former office-bearers of the Bharatpur Bar Association, Rajasthan, who were accused of obstructing the work of lawyers who did not participate in calls for strikes and boycotts of courts. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS […]
