Meghalaya: HC grants time to advocates facing contempt over call to oust Advocate General

Shillong, Oct 13 (UNI) A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court today granted additional time to 19 advocates facing criminal contempt proceedings to file individual affidavits tendering an unconditional apology for calling an indefinite statewide judicial abstention. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew, was hearing a suo motu criminal contempt petition registered by the Registrar General of the High Court over the indefinite statewide judicial abstention called by Meghalaya High Court Bar Association and Shillong Bar Association. On October 8, the High Court initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings after the two…