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Cuttack: The full bench of the Orissa High Court on Monday adjourned to January 27 hearing of a contempt petition it had initiated against 68 bar associations of Odisha for frequent strikes by lawyers in the state. Concerned over the…

Cuttack: A day after the Supreme Court talked tough on lawyers’ agitation in the State, the Orissa High Court Bar Association today suspended senior lawyer Siba Shankar Mishra from its membership. After a meeting here, the bar…

Bhubaneswar: The lawyers body in Odisha today observed one-day cease-work opposing abolition of State Administrative Tribunal (SAT). Wearing black badges, the SAT Bar Association staged protest in front of the Khordha District &…

Sambalpur: Vehicular movements came to a grinding halt in four districts-Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda and Deogarh after lawyers resorted to a 72-hour economic blockade starting today, further intensifying their demand for establishment…

Bhubaneswar: In view of 'rail roko' agitation by the lawyers in Sambalpur during two-day-long Maha Bandh in western Odisha over setting up of a permanent bench of Orissa High Court, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) cancelled and diverted…

Sambalpur: The 48-hour Maha Bandh called by the Central Action Committee of All Western Odisha Bar Association demanding the establishment of a permanent High Court bench in western Odisha today disrupted the normal life in the western…

Rourkela: Demanding establishment of a permanent bench of the Orissa High Court (HC) here and special district status to Rourkela, lawyers today resorted to a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh disrupting normal life in the steel city. As part…

Cuttack: The long-standing tussle between police and lawyers in Cuttack is likely to come to an end as three cops involved in the alleged attack on a police official near Nua Bazaar here on August 28, sought unconditional apology before the…

Cuttack: The ongoing agitation by lawyers across Odisha over an alleged assault on a colleague by cops is likely to end soon, a senior lawyer informed today. A meeting was held in this regard at the IPS Mess near the Police Headquarters…