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The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued show cause notice to the chairman of the State Bar Council chairman and every elected member of the State Bar Council seeking explanation why criminal contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for compelling lawyers to abstain from judicial work.