lawyers across State again boycott courts

lawyers across the State on Monday abstained from courts, including that of the High Court here, in protest against last week’s killing of a lawyer by police inside a court of Allahabad.

This is for the second day that the lawyers in Odisha abstained from court work for the Allahabad incident. While on Monday, the Odisha lawyers stayed away from courts in accordance to an appeal made by the Bar Council of India, they had also abstained from courts on Friday last after an appeal made by the Bar Council of Odisha.

Demanding adequate compensation to the family of the slain advocate, the Odisha lawyers called for exemplary punishment to the errant police officer and provide adequate security to lawyers in courts across the State.