Meghalaya HC initiates criminal contempt against office-bearers of Shillong Bar Association, HC Bar Association

Shillong, Oct 9 (UNI) 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…