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| Sharmishtha Chatterjee outside the court. |
Lawyers of the Calcutta High Court ransacked the Chief Justice's court room today demanding an apology from him over the allotment of a room to Assistant Court Officer. The lawyers have gone on strike after they were forcefully evicted from the disputed room by the police.
The trouble has been brewing in Kolkata since Thursday evening over a decision by the Chief Justice that the courtroom be turned to an office for lawyers and court employees. The Bar members, on the other hand, believed they needed more rooms.
"A group of around 60-70 lawyers staged a demonstration inside the court room against the allotment of a court room to the ACO. The agitating lawyers did not vacate the room till late in the night," Joint Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Jawed Shamim said.
Rana Mukherjee, secretary of the Bar Association had questioned that despite a shortage of court rooms, why was the room allotted to the ACO. (With PTI inputs)
Source http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/kolkata-lawyers-ransack-chief-justice-s-court-room-33837
The trouble has been brewing in Kolkata since Thursday evening over a decision by the Chief Justice that the courtroom be turned to an office for lawyers and court employees. The Bar members, on the other hand, believed they needed more rooms.
"A group of around 60-70 lawyers staged a demonstration inside the court room against the allotment of a court room to the ACO. The agitating lawyers did not vacate the room till late in the night," Joint Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Jawed Shamim said.
Rana Mukherjee, secretary of the Bar Association had questioned that despite a shortage of court rooms, why was the room allotted to the ACO. (With PTI inputs)
Source http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/kolkata-lawyers-ransack-chief-justice-s-court-room-33837
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