Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Bankshall Lawyers Block Kolkata Roads, Demand Arrests After Egg Attack
Lawyers from Bankshall Court protested in Kolkata on Monday.
They marched and blocked roads, causing traffic delays.
They were upset about an egg-throwing incident at the court on October 1.
The lawyers said eggs were thrown at a person who was being brought to court, and some eggs hit lawyers.
They want police to arrest everyone responsible.
They also want better security inside the court.
Reports disagreed about whether police had apprehended two people or made no arrests in the egg-throwing cases.
A separate egg attack involving a lawyer was also reported at Baruipur court.
Bankshall Court lawyers marched and blocked roads in central Kolkata on Monday, disrupting traffic.
The protest followed an October 1 egg-throwing incident at the court in Dalhousie.
Lawyers said eggs were thrown at an accused being produced in court and hit some advocates.
Protesters demanded that everyone responsible be arrested and that security inside the court be strengthened.
Reports differed on police action: some said two people had been apprehended, while another said no one had been arrested in the egg-throwing cases.
- Who
- Lawyers practising at Bankshall Court; police action was reported differently by the sources.
- What
- Lawyers protested with marches and road blockades, seeking arrests and improved court security after an alleged egg attack.
- When
- The alleged Bankshall Court incident occurred on October 1; the protest took place on Monday.
- Where
- Bankshall Court in the Dalhousie area of Kolkata; blockades were reported near the General Post Office, at Dalhousie and on Strand Road.
- Why
- Lawyers demanded arrests over the alleged egg attack and stronger security inside court premises.
Protesting lawyers
Police accounts
Arrests in the egg-throwing cases
Protesting lawyers
Lawyers said police had not arrested the main accused and demanded that everyone responsible be apprehended.
Police accounts
Accounts differed: one lawyer said two people had been apprehended, while police sources cited in another report said no one had been arrested in the two cases.
Court security
Protesting lawyers
Protesters said security inside court compounds was inadequate and demanded stronger arrangements.
Police accounts
Police said a probe had been launched and traffic personnel were deployed during the road disruption; the reports did not provide a police response to the lawyers' broader security criticism.
- Court incident
- On October 1, eggs were allegedly thrown at an accused being produced at Bankshall Court; lawyers said some advocates were hit.
- Protest
- A lawyers' march and road blockades took place on Monday.
- Reported locations
- Dalhousie, Strand Road and the area near the General Post Office.
- Traffic effects
- Traffic was disrupted on central Kolkata roads and connecting routes; the blockade was withdrawn late in the afternoon.
- Lawyers' demands
- Arrest everyone responsible and provide adequate security inside the court premises.
- Police action
- Some accounts said two people were apprehended; another reported police sources saying nobody had been arrested in the Bankshall and Baruipur egg-throwing cases.
- Related incident
- A separate egg-pelting incident involving lawyer Sayan Banerjee was reported at Baruipur court.
