India, March 31 -- Lawyers' associations of the Calcutta high court decided on Monday to not attend court proceedings until the decision to transfer justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of the Delhi high court to Kolkata is withdrawn, a senior member of one of the three associations said.

"The decision was taken at a meeting on Monday evening, three days after the bar associations wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) that there are some serious complaints against justice Sharma. We will make a formal announcement before the media at 11am on Tuesday," a senior member of the Calcutta High Court Bar Association said.

On March 29, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association, the Incorporated Law Society of Calcutta and the Bar Library Club jointly ...