New Delhi, March 12 -- The Jharkhand High Court Advocates Association has been protesting against the hiring of lawyers from outside the state as judges at the high court, boycotting the courts of Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao, Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Rongon Mukhopadhyay. All the three judges are part of the collegium that recommends judges for elevation.

The advocates association which is protesting against the appointment of judges said that the collegium had taken a resolution against any such appointments but agreed to appoint at least two Supreme Court lawyers as judges.

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