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Meghalaya HC drops contempt against lawyers after apology
The Story in Brief
The Meghalaya High Court on 14 October closed suo motu contempt proceedings against advocates who had answered a call to boycott judicial work from 1 October. The bench of Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice H.S. Thangkhiew accepted unconditional apologies from members of the Shillong Bar Association and the Meghalaya High Court Bar Association, who had demanded the removal of the Advocate General.
The court issued contempt notices on 8 October under the Contempt of Courts Act. Both bar associations withdrew the boycott call on 9 October. Advocates who appeared filed affidavits expressing regret and assured the court they would not join any future abstention. Two advocates, K.S. Kyngjing and N. Syngkon, showed they had not participated in the boycott, and proceedings against them were also dropped.
The court found the apologies ‘bonafide and sincere’ and said ‘the majesty of law stands restored’. It discharged all contemnors and closed the case, PIL No. 21 of 2026.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both livelaw.in and courtbook.in report the same facts in neutral, straight-news style. Each notes the sequence of the boycott call on 1 October, the notices on 8 October, the withdrawal on 9 October and the apology on 14 October. Neither source offers a critical reading of the bar associations’ demand for the Advocate General’s removal or the court’s acceptance of the apology. The coverage is uniform, with no discernible slant. The key watch point is whether the bar associations or any advocate will again call for abstention from judicial work, a possibility the court said it trusts will not recur.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): livelaw.in (neutral report), courtbook.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
