Delhi High Court lawyers abstained from work on Thursday in protest against the transfer of Justice S Muralidhar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) also expressed shock over the transfer of the judge.
"All the members of the bar cooperated in the protest as the said transfer of Justice S Muralidhar is a rarest of rare case and the majesty of our institution is at stake," DHCBA executive member, advocate Naginder Benipal, said.
In an emergent executive committee meeting on Wednesday, the bar association had requested its members to abstain from work on Thursday as a mark of protest.
The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, in a meeting on February 12, had recommended transfer of Justice Muralidhar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Justice Muralidhar was number three in the Delhi High Court, his parent HC.
In its resolution, the bar association said, "Such transfers are not only detrimental to our noble institution but also tend to erode and dislodge the faith of the common litigant in the justice dispensation system. Such transfers also impede free and fair delivery of justice by the bench."