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A District Bar Association resolves to boycott the court of one Additional District Judge permanently.…

The Court said that if counsel does not want to appear in a particular court, "professional decorum and etiquette require him to give up his engagement" so the party can…

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A District Bar Association resolves to boycott the court of one Additional District Judge permanently. Advocate Mohit, who holds briefs in that court, keeps his vakalats but stops appearing there. According to Mahabir Prasad Singh v. Jacks Aviation (1999), as relied on in Ex-Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India, what does professional etiquette require?

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The Court said that if counsel does not want to appear in a particular court, "professional decorum and etiquette require him to give up his engagement" so the party can engage another counsel. Keeping the brief while abstaining permanently is unprofessional. It added that no court is obliged to adjourn because of a strike or boycott call.

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