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Hijab Case In Supreme Court: Lawyers React

Jha said the speech of the contemnor is not only against the Supreme Court and its judges but is a process to undermine the dignity and independent nature of the top court by scandalising the authority of both the court and its judges.

Koraput: Members of the District Lawyers’ Association of Jeypore staged a protest today demanding establishment of a permanent High Court Bench in undivided Koraput. The agitation will continue till December 17 and if the demand is not fulfilled, the association has threatened to call for Jeypore bandh on December 18. According to sources, all the […]

Bhubaneswar: Lawyers of the Orissa High Court Bar Association will continue their cease-work stir till Wednesday as a charge sheet could not be filed before the court today in connection with the assault of a lawyer by police. “We presented our facts during the general body meeting today. The next date of hearing has been […]

Dhenkanal: Agitating members of Dhenkanal District Lawyers’ Association hurled eggs and tomatoes at the office of the district collector today. Following the incident a scuffle broke out between the lawyers and the police. According to sources, the incident occurred when the lawyers were staging a protest demanding fulfilment of their demands and tried to barge […]

Puri: Vehicular traffic between Puri and other parts of the State came to a grinding halt while business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices remained shut today due to 12-hour bandh observed by Puri Bar Association. Up in arms over murder of advocate Laxmidhar Mohapatra, the fellow lawyers also halted several trains at the railway […]

Aska: Normal life was thrown out of gear in various parts of Aska in Ganjam district as lawyers observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh demanding sub-division status to the town. As part of their protest, the lawyers under the banner of the Lawyers Association and Kriyanusthan Committee staged a road blockade at Badanadi and Rusikulya bridges on […]

Cuttack: Litigants suffered as advocates across Odisha boycotted courts in protest against the proposed changes in the Advocates Act, 1961, which governs the conduct of lawyers. Odisha State Bar Council has opposed the proposals of the Bar Council of India (BCI) made to the Law Commission that lawyers who indulge in strikes should be fined […]

Dhenkanal: Protesting hike in benchmark valuation of land, the district bar association supported by civic body today shut down the sub-registrar office after ransacking it. They also staged demonstration infront of the office after locking up the main gate. The advocates alleged that the district administration took such decision arbitrarily without consulting the members of […]

Cuttack: Members of Orissa High Court Bar Association on Monday resorted to cease work after the lawyers’ body could not decide on the next course of action over the levelling of molestation charges of a lady Inspector on two lawyers of the court. Launching the cease work the lawyers said that the agitation would continue […]

An allegation of sexual assault has hit the Supreme Court with a young woman intern accusing a sitting judge, who retired recently, of misbehaving with her in a hotel room last December when the nation was grappling with the gangrape of a woman in the capital.

  New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today said it was the duty of the judges to show respect to the lawyers despite their age or status. Justice Misra was speaking at a function to bid farewell to Justice R K Agrawal, who retired from the apex court today. “The Supreme Court is […]

Cuttack: Hardening their position against what they termed as “police inaction”, lawyers of Orissa High Court today decided to continue their strike till Monday. The general body of Orissa High Court Bar Association unanimously passed a resolution to abstain from court work in protest till those who allegedly threatened Odisha State Bar Council member Chinmaya […]

Cuttack: Demanding immediate arrest of those who had allegedly threatened an advocate and Odisha State Bar Council member, lawyers of Orissa High Court today decided to continue their cease-work agitation till February 2. Advocate Chinmaya Kumar Mohanty has filed a complaint in this regard at Lingaraj police station of Bhubaneswar. “The general body meeting of […]

Cuttack: Discounting the reported claim of Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman that nearly 45 per cent of lawyers in the country are “fake”, the Bar Council of Odisha today asserted there are no fake lawyers in the state. Talking to reporters, Bar Council of Odisha Chairman Manas Ranjan Mohapatra discounted the statement of Manan […]