Kolkata/IBNS: Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court has initiated a criminal contempt proceedings against lawyers for creating a ruckus inside the courtroom, media reports said.

Ruckus occurred inside the courtroom on Monday after a section of lawyers prevented Justice Mantha from discharging his duties.

The ruckus had stopped the proceedings in Justice Mantha's courtroom.

Several posters describing Justice Mantha as a "disgrace in the name of judiciary' were spotted.

Justice Mantha had earlier stayed around 20-odd FIRs against West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari.

Also the judge had removed Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir's shield from arrest in a money laundering case.