The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday initiated contempt action after a lawyers’ protest spiraled out of control, resulting in furniture being hurled inside the courtroom of Justice Ajay Bhanot. The demonstration follows a call by the Allahabad High Court Bar Association to boycott the judge over allegations of mistreating a lawyer. Calling the conduct of the lawyers as “absolutely contemptuous”, the court directed the Registrar (Protocol) to obtain CCTV footage outside the judge’s courtroom and “identify the lawyers involved”. He directed the Registrar (Protocol) to obtain CCTV footage from cameras installed outside the court number 66, identify the lawyers involved and submit a report by the next date of listing.

The contempt order issued by Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal stated, “Such incident amounts to interference in the Court proceedings as poor litigants come to the high court for redressal of their grievance, and merely because some of the Advocates have problem with particular Court, they cannot…