The District lawyers’ Bar Association here has decided to defer its ongoing protest, demanding a permanent Bench of the Odisha High Court in western Odisha, till the end of the general elections in the State.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Central Action Committee (CAC) presided over by association president Krushna Chandra Babu here on Saturday.
“The meeting decided to stage cease-work agitation for three days in the last week of March and April. The lawyers on duty would wear black badges as a mark of their protest,” said CAC secretary Niranjan Tripathy.
Terming the statement of the Deputy Registrar of the High Court in response to the report of the Sambalpur District
Judge on the High Court Bench issue as biased, the committee warned against any lopsided decision or action and vowed to continue its fight against the
imperialistic and exploitive attitude of the State Government in safeguarding the interest of wstern Odisha people.