India today joined a vast majority of WTO members in protesting against the Appellate Body's decision to invite amicus curiae (friends of the court) briefs (private individuals/agencies) in the case pertaining to European Communities - Measures affecting asbestos and products containing asbestos. New Delhi's statement at the meeting by its Ambassador to the WTO, Mr S Narayanan, made it clear that India did not regard this issue as a procedural one, as viewed by the Appellate Body but a substantive matter in which the Appellate Body's approach was totally 'unjustified'.