Lawyers bycott court
Lawyers practicing in various Sessions Courts and sub-ordinate judiciary in Coimbatore boycotted courts on Thursday and staged a demonstration in front of a private hospital at Avarampalayam in protest against the alleged high handed behaviour by a doctor.According to the lawyers, the Bar Association office-bearers were ill-treated and abused by a doctor when they visited the hospital on Wednesday to meet one of the lawyers undergoing treatment there.On Thursday, the lawyers abstained from the court and an emergency general body meeting was convened. After the meeting, the lawyers went to the private hospital and staged a demonstration demanding an apology from the doctor. After the doctor expressed regrets, the agitation was withdrawn.
