lawyers here on Tuesday decided to continue their stir for an indefinite period, reiterating their three demands, transfer of the district Superintendent of Police, Inspector-in-Charge of the Jagatsinghpur police station and dismissal of woman cop Sabita Majhi who had lodged an FIR against the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Satyapriya Mishra alleging that the woman in uniform had been misbehaved by the CJM during a court work.
The District Bar Association held an emergency meeting and discussed the ongoing impasse between the police and the judiciary, as a result of which court works have come to a grinding halt for last ten days. The lawyers expressed unhappiness that their demands are yet to be fulfilled in spite of their repeated appeal.
All bar associations of lower courts, tehsil courts across the district were requested to resort to cease-work from Wednesday, informed District Bar Association president Dolagovinda Das. Das added that the bar association had appealed to political parties and pressure groups including general public to participate in this anti-police stir.
Sources said that responding to the High Court’s contempt notice, the district SP and other cops appeared in the court on Tuesday, and the matter was deferred till February 18 for filing of counter-affidavits and further hearing.