Shillong, Oct. 9 -- The Meghalaya High Court has initiated criminal contempt actions against office-bearers of the Shillong Bar Association and High Court Bar Association over a strike demanding the ouster of Advocate General Amit Kumar.
A division bench of Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew on Thursday registered a suo motu PIL noting that the abstention call through a resolution dated September 30, from October 1 till government removes the Advocate General, has affected judicial work and left litigants unrepresented across the state.
Noting that only Baghmara Bar Association refused to support the call, the bench applauded their decision and their stand in abiding by the law.
It said that joining th...