Security at all entrances to the Madras high court was beefed up with personnel from the Chennai city police and the Central Industrial Security Force. The lawyers shouted “CJ Kaul down down”—Sanjay Kishan Kaul is the chief justice of Madras High Court—as they demanded withdrawal of the amendments introduced in May to the Advocates Act, 1961. Chennai: Thousands of lawyers protested at the Madras High Court on Monday demanding the immediate withdrawal of recently introduced rules that seek to check unruly behaviour and unethical practices by lawyers. Protesting the amended rules, the Joint Action Committee of various bar associations had announced sit-ins at the Madras high court, Madurai high court bench and subordinate courts on Monday. The protesters said that the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu had sided with the judges.

Source: Mint July 25, 2016 11:37 UTC