SHILLONG: The Joint registrar-cum secretary to Chief Justice (Acting) Umanath Singh on Monday said that the Chief Justice treats the lawyers as family members.
“If there is any problem, they are open to meet him for discussion and solution”, the Joint registrar said when asked about the reaction of the Chief Justice about the grievances of the lawyers.
According to the joint registrar, in fact, the Chief Justice does not have any idea on what prompted the lawyers to agitate.
The official also said that may be some vested interests wanted to create problem to which he is not concerned.
Regarding the appointment of Aman Sinha as senior advocate, the official said that appointment was not done during the tenure of the present Chief Justice (Acting)