The agitation of members of the Ganjam Bar Association in support of their demand for establishment of a permanent Bench of the Odisha High Court at Brahmapur entered the third day on Saturday.
On Saturday, the lawyers held a demonstration in front of the office of the Ganjam Bar Association and staged a dharna with placards in hands and chanting slogans in support of their demand. later, hundreds of lawyers came to the Kamapalli Square and blocked the road bringing vehicular traffic to a halt for several hours.
The prominent members of the bar who joined the agitation included its association president Kapileswar Pattnaik, secretary Sitanshu Sekhar Panda, vice-president KM Panigrahi, joint secretary Sanjib Kumar Patra and senior advocates Sisir Kumar Padhi, Basanta Kumar Panda, Pradeep Panda, Biren Pattnaik, Manoj Pattnaik, Prafulla Jagannath Padhi and Naresh Kumar Acharya.
As long as the Government has not declared establishment of a High Court Bench at Brahmapur, the agitation would continue and would be more intensified in the days ahead, said the lawyers.