The All Odisha lawyers’ Association (AOlA) in association with the High Court Bar Association would conduct a two-day State-level convention starting on December 29 in Cuttack.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, Odisha law Minister Arun Sahoo and other Ministers would attend the convention. Judges and judicial officers from the Supreme Court and the High Court and lower courts of the State would also attend it. Around 5,000 lawyers from different parts of the State would participate in the event.
AOlA president Gyana Ranjan Mohanty and general secretary Bibhu Prasad Tripathy said they would raise the issues of safety, dignity and professional development of lawyers of the State.
They would also urge the State Government to hike the matching grant of lawyers’ welfare fund to Rs5 crore.
Mohanty said a seven-member delegation would meet the Chief Minister and request him to set up an Advocate Academy in the State, an e-library with computer facility in 154 bars across the State. The delegation would also urge him to establish a law University to control and manage all law colleges in the State.