Guwahati, January 28
A senior counsel was ‘decourted’ from Gauhati High Court on Friday for wearing jeans to a hearing and the case has been adjourned for a week.
Justice Kalyan Rai Surana called in the police to decourt the counsel, BK Mahajan, and asked that the matter be brought to the notice of the Chief Justice, Registrar General and Bar Council.
“Matter stands adjourned today as BK Mahajan, learned counsel for the petitioner, is attired in jeans pants. Therefore, the Court had to call for the police personnel to decourt him outside the High Court campus,” the order said.
It also said that the order be brought to the notice of the chief justice as well as the registrar general.
“The matter be also brought to the notice of Bar Councils of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh,” Justice Surana added.