# Meghalaya Bar president disowns court boycott call, slams secretary

2026-10-02T08:46:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 2 independent outlets

Meghalaya High Court Bar Association President K.S. Kynjing has disowned the call to boycott courts from 1 October, accusing secretary Kishore Ch Gautam of acting unilaterally. In a letter on 1 October, Kynjing objected to a communication sent to the Supreme Court Bar Association on 17 August without executive committee approval, and to a joint meeting on 30 September that decided on the boycott, which he called ‘highly illegal’. He cited a Supreme Court judgment holding that lawyers have no right to strike. Kynjing also objected to banners reading ‘Go Back Amit Kumar’ displayed inside the bar premises without approval and demanded their removal. He noted that Advocate General Amit Kumar had already apologised on 13 August. Kynjing urged Gautam to place the issue before the executive committee and asked members to refrain from strikes and rallies.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

Indiatodayne.in reports the bar president's objections in detail, emphasising his legal reasoning and the Supreme Court precedent against strikes, while EastMojo frames the story as an internal split within the bar. Indiatodayne.in leads with Kynjing's formal letter and his specific complaints about procedure and banners. EastMojo foregrounds the rift itself, calling it a ‘split’ that has ‘deepened’. Neither source provides a comment from secretary Gautam or from the advocate general. The balanced reading is that a public dispute within the bar leadership has weakened the boycott call, but the underlying grievance against Amit Kumar remains unresolved. The next step is the executive committee discussion that Kynjing has demanded.

## Coverage

Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
- indiatodayne.in (neutral report) <https://www.indiatodayne.in/meghalaya/story/meghalaya-bar-association-president-objects-to-boycott-call-go-back-amit-kumar-banners-1457970-2026-10-02?utm_source=rssfeed>
  Straight report of the bar president's letter with no editorial slant.
- eastmojo.com (neutral report) <https://eastmojo.com/meghalaya/2026/10/02/meghalaya-hc-bar-split-deepens-over-ag-row/>
  Straight news report framing the story as a rift within the bar.

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.

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