The first woman legal practitioner and APP of western Odisha, Sailabala Pujari (64), is no more. She died on Friday afternoon in Bhubaneswar while on treatment for a protracted illness.
On Saturday morning, while her body reached Rourkela, many organisations, including the Rourkela Bar Association, and individuals paid homage to her before the body was cremated at Vedavyas here.Pujari was also prominent in Rourkela as a social reformer and writer. She has written more than fifty books on social and legal subjects. During her education she was president of the Sailabala Women’s College Union in Cuttack.
She also worked in different capacities such as a Member of District Consumer Forum, Juvenile Justice Board and legal Aid Services. Her husband Gobardhan Pujari is a prominent lawyer in Rourkela too.