JUDGMENT

Atul Sreedharan, J. - Today also the lawyers are abstaining from appearing before the Court on, yet another call given by the Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council.

2. The strike has been going on since the 23rd of March, 2023 on an issue that could have been resolved on the basis of consultation with the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh. On 24/03/2023, a Division Bench headed by Hon'ble the Chief Justice and Hon'ble Justice Vishal Mishra passed an elaborate order in W.P. No. 7295/2023 (In reference [Suo Moto] Vs. Chairman, State Bar Council of M.P & Ors.). In paragraph 4, the Ld. DB referred to the lack of support from the Bar Council of India and also referred to its direction in the letter dated 23/03/23 which asked the State Bar Council to withdraw the call for abstinence from work. However, despite the said letter of the BCI, the Chairman and members of the State Bar Council have enforced the call for strike.

3. In paragraph 9 of the aforementioned order, the Ld. DB has copiously referred to paragraph 19, 20 and 21 of the judgement passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 8078 of 2018 (Praveen Pandey Vs. State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh) wherein this Court had held that th