CJ-designate meets agitating lawyers

Chief Justice-designate of the Madras High Court H.L. Gokhale reportedly turned down the lawyers’ offer to attend the welcome address following his swearing-in on Monday, asking them to first resume regular work, according to the Joint Action Committee of Advocates, who met him on Sunday. “We said that we were ready to consider attending the welcome address, but Mr. Justice Gokhale said that he would rather see us attend the welcome address after we started working. So we will not attend the welcome address, but some representatives will attend his swearing-in ceremony,” R.C. Paul Kanagaraj of the Madras High Court Advocates Association told The Hindu. At a meeting with them, Mr. Justice Gokhale asked the lawyers to adopt “legal measures” to protest against violence and resume work. However, the lawyers said they were not in the “proper mental state” to work now. They would consider Mr. Justice Gokhale’s suggestions to resume work, at a general body meeting either on Monday or Wednesday, he said. Show-cause notices As to the lawyers who had defied the Association’s decision to boycott work, he said they would be identified and showcause notices would be issued soon.

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