<h1>ED summons to senior lawyers criticized as undermining legal independence, prompting bar bodies to demand protections for advocacy.</h1> Bar associations condemned summons by the Enforcement Directorate to senior advocates for their legal advice, framing the practice as a threat to the independence of the legal profession and urging protections for advocacy. Separately, the Supreme Court stayed the demolition of a Madurai temple alleged to lack valid permission, engaging judicial oversight over demolition, permitting processes and interim preservation of religious structures pending further proceedings.