Seven judges bench of Allahabad High Court framed contempt of court charges against lawyers who have been boycotting courts in Kanpur since 25th March 2023.

The seven-judge Bench includes Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justices Sunita Agarwal, Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Anjani Kumar Mishra, Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and recorded that the striking lawyers did not call off the strike despite its order passed on by it Thursday.

The court records that"...we find that the aforesaid noticees and the other office bearers, present in the Court today, prima facie, are in deliberate and wilful contempt of this Court by interfering in the administration of justice, calling illegal strike since 16.3.2023 and thereby paralysing the judicial work in the district judgeship at Kanpur Nagar and they have made themselves liable to face contempt proceedings."

The Bench also noted that by going on strike and paralysing judicial work, the lawyers have scandalized and lowered the authority of the Court and undermined the sanctity of the institution and the dignity of the entire district judiciary.

On the last date of hearing i.e. Thursday, the Court had warned advocates of the Kanpur Bar Association and the Lawyers Association, Kanpur that it would initiate contempt proceedings against them if they did not resume judicial work.