• Absent lawyers attract HC ire
    Times of India | 22 January 2026
  • Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the absence of state govt's lawyers for yet another day during the hearing of a petition related to overcrowding of prisons, pending since 2017, and fixed next hearing for Thursday.

    A division bench of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi observed that the hearing was being repeatedly adjourned because of non-appearance of lawyers.
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