Tag: Hc Bench Demand

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing letter-war between Centre and Odisha government over establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court, the Union Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today threw the ball back into the State government’s court. Responding to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s letter, Prasad today urged the former to […]

Sambalpur: Police today arrested a youth for allegedly making objectionable comments protesting closure of government offices due to lawyer’s strike for a HC bench in Sambalpur. According to sources, one Pravash Pruseth of Burla area had written a Facebook post under Youth Against Corruption campaign in which he allegedly made some objectionable comments against the […]

Koraput: Intensifying protests over their long-standing demand for establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court, the district joint action committee today launched a 2-day economic blockade. According to sources, central government and state government offices including banks, post-offices remained closed due to the blockade.  However, government offices engaged in election-related works remained open […]

Bolangir: Lawyers in Bolangir district intensified their protests over their long-standing demand for establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in the region. The members of Bolangir lawyers association launched a 4-day cease-work stir in the district leading to a shutdown of offices of the Collector, Tehsil and Sub-Collector from today. All the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Bar Council has written a letter to the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking action against various lawyers associations continuing protests for establishment of a Orissa High Court bench in western Odisha. In the letter, the council has recommended disciplinary action against members of 17 lawyers’ associations & central working committees for […]