The lawyers of the Orissa High Court on Monday decided to continue their ongoing cease-work stir and relay hunger-strike till March 5; and after holding discussions with the Chief Justice, further course of action would be chalked out. Chief Justice Vineet Saran, on leave now, is likely to join on March 5.
“The general body of the High Court Bar Association met here on the day and unanimously resolved to continue the agitation till March 5 and take further actions after holding discussions with the Chief Justice,” informed association secretary Satyabrata Mohanty.
The lawyers are boycotting courts since February 12 and are on relay hunger strike from February 19 demanding filling up of judges’ positions lying vacant in the High Court since long. More than 40 per cent of the posts are now unfulfilled; and there have been no appointments here since May 2015.