The Calcutta High Court Bar Association has taken a collective decision to abstain from attending Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's courtroom until an apology is extended for the action taken against Advocate Prosenjit Mukherjee.

This resolution stems from concerns over Mukherjee being held in criminal contempt, publicly disrobed, and sent to civil prison without a fair opportunity to be heard. The Bar Association's Communication to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam Arises from general Meeting held yesterday

Justice Gangopadhyay held Mukherjee guilty of criminal contempt and ordered his immediate arrest in the courtroom because the "demurer of Mukherjee while showing an order of the division bench which modified Justice Gangopadhyay's order was improper and contemptuous."

"Even without any order, the advocate was taken into custody from the courtroom without giving an opportunity for a hearing," reads the statement.

It further states, "Such conduct did not go down well with the members [of the Bar], who felt unanimously violated and decided not to enter the courtroom of Justice Gangopadhyay from tomorrow till the Judge apologises to the concerned advocate and members of the Bar."