Indian Info

KOLKATA: Work was disrupted at Calcutta High Court on Tuesday as lawyers stayed away from attending courts to demand the filling up of judges' posts that have fallen vacant. The high court has 18 vacancies at present.

While members of the High Court Bar Association, Bar Library Club and Incorporated Law Society responded to the eight-day ceasework call by the bar association, a few courts heard cases moved by petitioners in person. Many litigants not aware of the ceasework returned frustrated.

MIDNAPORE: Suspected Maoists shot dead a former CPM panchayat pradhan, Anil Mahato (54), at Bhutashole in Salboni on Sunday afternoon.

Mahato was the pradhan of Satpati panchayat in the early '90 s. Later, he worked as a teacher at the local Madhyamik Sikshya Kendra. Earlier in the day, CPM had organized a huge rally from Changshole to Bhadutola in Salboni as a challenge to Maoists. Mahato, however, did not take part in it.