“Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on 18.12.2023 in course of hearing of a matter, whereby His Lordship by holding Sri Prosenjit Mukherjee, the Ld. Advocate, guilty of Criminal Contempt and disrobed him in the open Court and sent him to Civil Prison in the custody of the Ld. Sheriff from the Court Room through the corridor of the High Court. The reason apparently is according to His Lordship the demurer of Sri Mukherjee while showing an order of the Hon’ble Division Bench, which modified His Lordship’s order was improper and contemptuous. Even without any order Mr. Mukherjee, the Ld. Advocate was taken into custody from the Court Room without giving any opportunity of hearing,” the letter by the Bar Association said.
Source: Barandbench
