A Core Committee meeting of the Western Odisha Lawyers’ Association held here on Sunday decided to close all courts and revenue offices in western Odisha from September 17 to 26 demanding a permanent High Court bench.
The committee members will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ensuing visit to Jharsuguda on September 22.
"The Core Committee will support Odisha Bandh call on September 12 given by the Orissa High Court Bar Association on police atrocities against a lawyer at Cuttack recently," said committee assistant convener Pramod Das.
Among others, Jharsuguda District Bar Association president Raghumani Patel and secretary Padmanava Mali, Niranjan Tripathy, besides all bar association members attended.