Lawyers seek transfer of chief justice

The Punjab and Haryana high court Bar Association has passed a resolution demanding transfer of Chief Justice RS Jha and has decided to boycott his court, forcing the apex regulatory body of advocates, Bar Council of India, to step in to resolve the impasse. The HC Bar Association’s resolution boycotting the chief justice’s court till he was transferred out was stayed by the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana, the Bar Council of India (BCI) refused to vacate the stay on an appeal by the HC Bar Association. However, the BCI, headed by senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, decided to set up a seven-member committee with senior advocate Ashwini Kumar Chopra as convenor to resolve the stalemate.