Lawyers Allowed To Skip Advocates' Gown At Calcutta High Court Amid Heatwave
NDTV
The weather department has forecast that heatwave or hot and discomforting weather conditions in Kolkata and its surrounding districts will continue for at least the next five days.
As the summer heat refuses to abate with day temperatures in the city hovering around 40 degrees Celsius, wearing of advocates' gown by lawyers has been exempted at the Calcutta High Court by a direction of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam.
The weather department has forecast that heatwave or hot and discomforting weather conditions in Kolkata and its surrounding districts will continue for at least the next five days.
A high court notification said that upon consideration of the ongoing inclement weather combined with heatwave, the Chief Justice has directed an exemption on wearing of advocates' gown till the end of the summer vacation to give relief to the lawyers.
