Tag: Lawyers

Sambalpur: Intensifying its ongoing agitation demanding establishment of a permanent High Court bench in western Odisha, the Western Odisha Bar Association closed all the Central and State government offices in the region for an indefinite period from today. The lawyers’ body has also decided to hold a 48-hour Mahabandh across the region on November 29 […]

Bolangir: Intensifying their agitation for the third consecutive day demanding establishment of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court here, lawyers today stopped the district collector from entering his office. According to sources, district collector Arindam Dakua was scheduled to attend a video conference with Chief Secretary AP Padhi today but he had to return […]

Bhubaneswar: Elections were held at all the bar associations across the State today. Along with the High Court bar, elections were also held for other bar associations today. Gopalkrushna Mohanty was elected president of Orissa High Court Bar Association while Sanjay Das will be the secretary. Similarly, for Bhubaneswar Bar Association, Birendra Patnaik was elected […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) have expressed deep reservations regarding the suo moto court hearing held on April 20 on the issue related to allegations of sexual harassment against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi. The associations said that the allegations of an […]

Pathankot: Three main accused in the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl from Kathua were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here, lawyers said. Sanji Ram, the caretaker of the temple where the crime took place, Special Police Officer Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian, have been convicted under […]

Dhenkanal: Alleging misbehaviour by Dhenkanal district collector, a group of lawyers today manhandled the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) and ransacked the collectorate. As per reports, the lawyers who had come to the collectorate for hearing of a case had to wait for a long time to meet the collector. When they questioned about the delay, […]

Bolangir: Pressing for their longstanding demand for establishment of permanent High Court bench in Bolangir, the District Lawyers’ Association has called for a two-day bandh in all government offices and banks. While all the government offices, banks and post offices in the district have been shut down, shops and business establishments are exempted from the […]

New Delhi: Hours after Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde suggested putting away jackets and long gowns for judges and lawyers during hearings via video conferencing to prevent spread of coronavirus, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a formal notification to put the direction into effect. “It is notified for the information of all concerned […]