The day after the State Bar Council appealed to the lawyers’ fraternity of the State to condemn the manner in which former Advocate General Asok Mohanty was arrested by the CBI, members of Odisha High Court Bar Association here on Wednesday stayed away from court activities.
At an executive body meeting of the association on the day, it was unanimously decided that the lawyers would cease work and boycott the court activities for two days from Wednesday in protest against what they called the “highhandedness” of the CBI in arresting Mohanty, who is a senior advocate of the High Court.
The CBI, which is now investigating into the chit fund scam in the State, had arrested Mohanty from his house here on Monday for his alleged link and fraudulent property deal with Artha Tatwa (AT) Group CMD Pradeep Sethy.Speaking to reporters after their meeting, HC Bar Association secretary Bidyahar Pradhan said the next course of action of the Association would be decided at a general body meeting to be held here on Friday morning.
The HC Bar Association, which is the apex body of lawyers in the State, also appealed to other bars across the State to cease work on Thursday.