Court proceedings affected as lawyers protest against DGP

Hearing of litigations at the Madras High Court and other courts here were affected today, as advocates boycotted proceedings to press their demand for the dismissal of the state police chief.
The agitating lawyers are seeking the DGP's resignation after he refused to meet them on June 6, as they went to lodge a complaint about an incident in which lawyers being reportedly attacked in Kanyakumari district.
They alleged that apart from the DGP not meeting them, other senior officers there also had quarrelled with them.
Tamil Nadu Advocates Association president Prabhakaran and others preferred a petition in Madras High Court, seeking its direction to suspend the DGP pending disposal of the case.

When the matter came up for hearing today, Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal and Justice M Sathyanarayanan ordered issuing of notice to the DGP, returnable in two weeks.
Advocate General sought time to get instructions on filing a counter.