Guwahati, Nov 10: Members of the Lawyers Association, Guwahati, staged a protest march opposing the temporary shifting of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kamrup (M) Court to the General Administration Department (GAD) building, in the city, on Monday.

The lawyers, accompanied by trainees and vendors, began their protest from the old CJM Court premises, marching via Cotton University, the Sessions Court and the Gauhati High Court before returning to the CJM campus.

Apurba Kumar Sarma, General Secretary of the Lawyers Association, Guwahati, said the decision was taken without consultation with the legal fraternity.

“The decision to shift the CJM Court to the GAD building, which was a duck shed earlier, has not been discussed with us. The government reasons that the old building is

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