The Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) on Monday announced that its members would indefinitely boycott court proceedings from Tuesday demanding unconditional total withdrawal of amendments to the statutory rules empowering courts to debar erring lawyers.

The decision was arrived at an extraordinary general body meeting of the association held on Monday. The meeting was presided over by vice-president of MHAA Gini Manuel.

“We support the resolutions adopted by the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bar Associations Joint Action Committee held at Theni on Saturday calling for the boycott,” Mr. Gini Manuel and association secretary S. Arivazhagan said in a statement.

The MHAA also resolved to organise a ‘rail roko’ on Wednesday at the Central railway station and stage “burning draconian rules” protest on Friday near the Aavin gate of the High Court.

‘Revoke suspension’

The MHAA also made a demand to the Bar Council of India and the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to revoke the suspension over 40 advocates who are facing disciplinary proceedings.