B. Kalam Pasha, Palakkad district judge who is in the thick of a controversy over his reported instruction to stop the dance performance of danseuse Neena Prasad midway through the programme last week, has warned a section of the lawyers of Palakkad of contempt of court proceedings for disturbing the functioning of the court.
A protest was organised by the Palakkad unit of the All India Lawyers Union on the court premises the other day.
In his letter to the president of Palakkad Bar Association, which was accessed by The Hindu, the judge said the police officers who asked Ms. Prasad to stop the performance acted in excess of his instructions. He noted that the Deputy Superintendent of Police to whom the message was conveyed to reduce the volume of the microphone used at the venue acted in excess of what was instructed.
