After Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Monday directed a lawyer to be taken into custody from the courtroom on charges of contempt of court, Calcutta High Court Bar Association has unanimously resolved and requested the Chief Justice of the High Court to withdraw all judicial work from Justice Gangopadhyay.

In a letter addressed to Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, the Bar Association said that it has passed a unanimous resolution in this regard "after the extreme insult meted out to advocate Prosenjit Mukherjee."

"Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on 18.12.2023 in course of hearing of a matter, whereby His Lordship by holding Sri Prosenjit Mukherjee, the Ld. Advocate, guilty of Criminal Contempt and disrobed him in the open Court and sent him to Civil Prison in the custody of the Ld. Sheriff from the Court Room through the corridor of the High Court. The reason apparently is according to His Lordship the demurer of Sri Mukherjee while showing an order of the Hon'ble Division Bench, which modified His Lordship's order was improper and contemptuous. Even without any order Mr. Mukherjee, the Ld. Advocate was taken into custody from the Court Room without giving any opportunity of hearing," the letter by the Bar Association said.

The association has also resolved that no member shall step into the court of Justice Gangopadhyay unless he "apologises".

A similar such incident occurred on November 30, 2023 as well after Justice Gangopadhyay directed the Bar Council of West Bengal to take steps against a lawyer for asking for an adjournment. However, the order was later stayed by a division bench of the High Court.