In view of an assurance from the Law Minister Pratap Jena that the Government would fulfil the demands of the striking lawyers very soon, the general body of the Orissa High Court Bar Association on Monday unanimously passed a resolution letting the Government resolve the issue.
At the same time, the association also decided that the ongoing cease-work agitation launched by the lawyers since August 29 would continue till September 20.
“As planned, a delegation of the lawyers met the Law Minister, who acknowledged our demands saying they are genuine and sought at least two or three days’ time to resolve the matter,” informed association secretary Saryabrata Mohanty, adding that the Statewide lawyers’ strike would, however, continue until the lawyers’ demands are fulfilled.
The lawyers are boycotting courts across the State demanding arrest of the policemen who brutally assaulted a Cuttack city advocate on the middle of a busy road in full public glare on August 28 following a series of road accidents involving the car of the lawyer.
The Commissionerate police have, however, suspended three policemen in this connection for alleged misconduct and put a Home Guard on one-month notice period.