https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216115 Advocates, as officers of the court, are bound to aid the administration of justice and have no right to strike or call for boycott of courts. Such abstention disrupts court functioning, prejudices litigants, and is inconsistent with professional duty. Courts are not required to adjourn matters because of a strike call, and a lawyer who has accepted a brief must appear unless duly discharged. Participation in boycott calls or obstruction of other advocates may attract contempt and professional consequences. Bar Councils and Bar Associations cannot treat strike calls as lawful protest; any protest must be non-disruptive. Only in the rarest of rare cases affecting the dignity, integrity, or independence of the Bar or Bench may a brief abstention be overlooked, subject to the court's decision. en-us Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216115 Advocates, as officers of the court, are bound to aid the administration of justice and have no right to strike or call for boycott of courts. Such abstention disrupts court functioning, prejudices litigants, and is inconsistent with professional duty. Courts are not required to adjourn matters because of a strike call, and a lawyer who has accepted a brief must appear unless duly discharged. Participation in boycott calls or obstruction of other advocates may attract contempt and professional consequences. Bar Councils and Bar Associations cannot treat strike calls as lawful protest; any protest must be non-disruptive. Only in the rarest of rare cases affecting the dignity, integrity, or independence of the Bar or Bench may a brief abstention be overlooked, subject to the court's decision. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=216115