The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Proceedings in Madurai Bench come to a halt

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Proceedings in Madurai Bench come to a halt

Staff Reporter

Lawyers suspend work protesting against Minister's `remarks'

MADURAI: Proceedings of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court came to a halt on Friday

after lawyers, responding to a one-day token boycott call, suspended work demanding that Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veerasamy withdraw his `remarks' against the judiciary.

Mr. Veerasamy reportedly made the statement at a private function in Chennai on February 4.

As the day began, lawyers led by M. Ajmal Khan, president, Madurai Bench High Court Advocates Association (MBHAA) and K. Vellaisamy, former president of the Madurai Bar Association (MBA), gathered on the premises and raised slogans in support of the judges.

Wears deserted look

Almost all cases were adjourned and the judges retired to their chambers where they remained till 4.30 pm. The court registry wore a deserted look with not even a single lawyer's clerk turning up to file any case.

Earlier in the day, a few lawyers attached to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam advocates wing staged a separate demonstration demanding the resignation of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

They also burnt copies of news reports, published in Tamil dailies, containing the remarks.

The police intervened and snatched the copies.

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