Expressing solidarity with the Bar Council of UP, the Odisha Bar Council has condemned the alleged gunning down of an advocate by police in a court in Allahabad and given a call for a State wide boycott of courts by lawyers of all bars on Friday.
Following the call, the Odisha High Court Bar Association and The All Odisha lawyers’ Association passed separate resolutions calling upon the lawyers of the State to join in Friday’s protests.
“We have intimated our boycott decision to the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court and accordingly urged all the bars of the State to join in the protest,” said the HC bar body secretary Bidyadhar Pradhan.
Similarly, the All Odisha lawyers’ Association has decided to submit a memorandum to the President of India through the respective district Collectors on Friday. The State committee of the association has also written a letter to the UP Chief Minister for granting an ex gratia of Rs 1 crore to the family of the deceased advocate.
According to reports reaching here, a police sub-inspector allegedly shot dead a lawyer in the district court campus of Allahabad on Wednesday. Another lawyer too received gunshot injuries, reports said.