The petition for drawing contempt proceedings against the lawyers for "violating court orders" was filed by the lawyer who had secured the ban on the siege programme hours before it kicked off.

Boycott of any court and demonstrations on court premises are banned by a High Court order.

The petitioner, Gazi Rabiul Islam Sagar, in his petition cited the June 11 court boycott and sit-in at the entrance of the Supreme Court by the pro-opposition lawyers under the banner of Supreme Court Bar Association.

He mentioned that the High Court had earlier banned boycott or agitation on the premises of any court.

Court sources said the contempt petition is likely to come up for hearing on July 2, the day the Awami League-led 14-party opposition combine has planned to enforce countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade.

A division bench comprising Justice M Joynul Abedin and Justice Mashuque Hosain Ahmed are to hear the contempt case.

Those facing the contempt of court charges are former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) presidents Abdul Baset Majumder, Ozair Farooq and Mahbubey Alam, SCBA Secretary AM Amin Uddin, former SCBA secretary M Enayetur Rahim, SCBA Vice-President Abdul Mannan Khan, Khondker Mahbub Hosaain, KM Saifuddin Ahmed, Nurul Islam Sujan, Bashir Ahmed and Subrata Chowdhury.