India, Nov. 5 -- PRAYAGRAJ Amid lawyers' protests over the alleged conduct of Justice Ajay Bhanot, a division bench of the Allahabad high court took exception to a group of lawyers allegedly blocking the courtroom's entry doors and preventing court staff from entering through the main gate.

The court observed that judicial proceedings cannot remain paralysed on account of lawyers deliberately abstaining from their duties.

The November 4 order was passed by the bench headed by Justice Bhanot. Earlier on October 29, the high court had ordered criminal contempt proceedings against a group of lawyers involved in ruckus inside a courtroom (no. 49) on October 27.

A division bench comprising Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Divesh Chandra Sama...