The West Bengal Bar Council will observe a ‘Black Day’ on Monday, accusing it of issuing unilateral rules to “undermine” the right of lawyers to protest, while its president said he wanted to maintain good relations between the bar and the bench. want to maintain the relationship. news agency PTI.
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha has issued a contempt order against some advocates and other persons who allegedly blocked his courtroom outside his residence on January 9 and locked it from outside.
The court, in a notice to all bar associations in West Bengal, said that a meeting of it has decided to observe a ‘Lawyers’ Black Day’ to protest what it calls “arbitrary/unilateral rulings to prevent/diminish rules”. describes as To protest without giving an opportunity of being heard to the lawyers.”
It asked the lawyers to put black tags on their attire as a mark of protest from 10.30 pm to 5 pm on Monday, January 16, reports PTI.
“A delegation led by him met Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava on Friday. Bar Council of West Bengal President Ashok Deb said, “We have urged the Chief Justice, as our guardian, to try to resolve the issue in Justice Mantha’s court.”
Deb, who is also the ruling TMC MLA from Bajaj constituency in South 24 Parganas district, assured cooperation of the state bar council in such an endeavour.
“While doctors, teachers or professors can agitate on any issue, it cannot be that advocates cannot raise their issues. We have said that action should not be taken against any advocate without proof,” he said. With this issue, PTI reported.
On January 9, a section of lawyers protested outside Justice Mantha’s courtroom over some orders passed by him.
“There has been a clear attempt by the said class of advocates and persons to interfere with the justice delivery system of this Constitutional Court, by locking the courtroom from outside and preventing the lawyers, litigants and court staff from accessing the courtroom Gone,” Mantha added.
He also submitted that the Registrar General of this Court may identify the names and details of the said Advocates and persons from the CCTV footage of the date and time outside his Court Room.
A small section of lawyers was agitating on Monday over certain orders passed by Justice Mantha, including one passed last December, which directed Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and BJP MLA Shubhendu Adhikari to the state police that he should not register any more FIR against them. without the permission of the High Court.
(With PTI inputs)
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