Karnataka HC proceedings were disrupted on Monday by advocates who protested against Chief Justice PD Dinakaran presiding over court proceedings. All judges including Dinakaran were forced to end sitting at 10: 30 am.

The protests were held in all the courts.

Lawyers protested against continuance of Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing allegations of land grabbing, forcing him to suspend the proceedings and leave the hall. Defying an order of the High Court, the lawyers abstained from court proceedings in response to a call given by the Advocates Association Bangalore (AAB) in consonance with a resolution it passed last week to protest Dinakaran's continuance.

Justices V Gopal Gowda and B V Nagarathna were locked in courtroom by advocates who earlier threw shoes and papers at judges. However, the judges were released after intervention of the Chief Justice and other judges, after being locked up for nearly an hour.

Bangalore advocates had passed a resolution on Nov 4 to abstain from all court work on November 9 to protest Dinakaran presiding in court. The resolution said the lawyers wanted to "uphold the dignity and integrity of the judiciary".

Dinkaran, who was hearing cases, suspended the proceedings and later left the court hall after a section of advocates resorted to slogan shouting against him.

"We had passed a resolution asking members to abstain from the court for a day and several have responded to it", K N Putte Gowda, President of AAB, said.

Only justices BV Shaylendra Kumar and NK Patil benches function to empty court halls in the High Court

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