The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders are a worried lot these days. The TMC (Trinamool Congress) dominated Kolkata High Court Bar Association decided to go on a three day "cease work" holiday starting Wednesday, citing "sweltering heat" in the city as their reason.
This could very well mean that the anticipatory bail hearing of GJM leaders pending with the Hon'ble High Court may not be processed all of this week.
Given that the arrest warrant issued in the name of GJM leaders specifically requires for those named in the charge-sheet to be arrested by June 26th, which leaves Morcha leaders with very few days of respite.
It is to be noted that the Chief Justice of Calcutta high court on Tuesday criticized a section of lawyers for deciding to go on cease-work for the next three days.
The resolution to stop work was taken by majority decision at a meeting of the Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Tuesday although Chief Justice Manjula Chellur has been insisting that courts should function for at least 210 days in a year according to Supreme Court guidelines.
Manjula Chellur gave a piece of her mind to the bar association representatives when they submitted a copy of the resolution to a division bench of the Chief Justice and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. "This is childish. Lawyers are behaving like schoolchildren. It's like school students pleading with their madam to grant them leave because of the heat outside. This is quite unfortunate," Manjula Chellur observed.
Taking the cue, Justice Joymalya Bagchi wondered why high court lawyers would have a problem working in air-conditioned rooms. "If the traffic policeman can continue with his duty, taxi operators can run their vehicles in the heat, drivers of other public vehicles can do so, why can't high court lawyers attend court? Lawyers in subordinate courts work in non-AC rooms. If they can work, what's the problem with high court lawyers?" Justice Bagchi observed.
However, this didn't have any effect on the cease-work decision. The Trinamool-dominated Calcutta High Court Bar Association stuck to its stand, though this time members of the Trinamool lawyer cell opposed it. State advocate general Jayanta Mitra will attend court during the cease-work. "I will come to court. But I am not sure about court functioning," said Mitra.
Sensing the mood, the CJ didn't fix dates for hearing of cases. "I am not fixing any date because lawyers are not willing to work. This is very unfortunate," she said while hearing out a matter on Tuesday afternoon.
Source: TheDC
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Given that the arrest warrant issued in the name of GJM leaders specifically requires for those named in the charge-sheet to be arrested by June 26th, which leaves Morcha leaders with very few days of respite.
It is to be noted that the Chief Justice of Calcutta high court on Tuesday criticized a section of lawyers for deciding to go on cease-work for the next three days.
The resolution to stop work was taken by majority decision at a meeting of the Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Tuesday although Chief Justice Manjula Chellur has been insisting that courts should function for at least 210 days in a year according to Supreme Court guidelines.
Manjula Chellur gave a piece of her mind to the bar association representatives when they submitted a copy of the resolution to a division bench of the Chief Justice and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. "This is childish. Lawyers are behaving like schoolchildren. It's like school students pleading with their madam to grant them leave because of the heat outside. This is quite unfortunate," Manjula Chellur observed.
Taking the cue, Justice Joymalya Bagchi wondered why high court lawyers would have a problem working in air-conditioned rooms. "If the traffic policeman can continue with his duty, taxi operators can run their vehicles in the heat, drivers of other public vehicles can do so, why can't high court lawyers attend court? Lawyers in subordinate courts work in non-AC rooms. If they can work, what's the problem with high court lawyers?" Justice Bagchi observed.
However, this didn't have any effect on the cease-work decision. The Trinamool-dominated Calcutta High Court Bar Association stuck to its stand, though this time members of the Trinamool lawyer cell opposed it. State advocate general Jayanta Mitra will attend court during the cease-work. "I will come to court. But I am not sure about court functioning," said Mitra.
Sensing the mood, the CJ didn't fix dates for hearing of cases. "I am not fixing any date because lawyers are not willing to work. This is very unfortunate," she said while hearing out a matter on Tuesday afternoon.
Source: TheDC
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