CJI Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul and MR Shah met the delegation where the CJI strongly conveyed to the representatives that in light of the assurance of issues being examined, the lawyers should resume work.
Protests based on the demand for a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court in Sambalpur have resulted in over 2,416 working hours being lost across courts, the apex court noted.
The Allahabad HC judge said that poor litigants had approached the court because their cases were kept pending by revenue courts over long periods thanks to the lawyers' strikes.