SC asks Odisha lawyers to end strike

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SC asks Odisha lawyers to end strike

Friday, 28 September 2018 | PNS | CUTTACK

The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Orissa High Court Bar Association and other connected associations from going on strike and asked the striking lawyers to resume the court work so that no impediment is caused in the right of access to justice of any litigant. This order from the apex court came when a three-member Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was adjudicating a writ petition filed by a New Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra, who has been booked by the Odisha police recently for his disparaging comments over the famous Konark temple.    Contd P4

When the Supreme Court learnt from Mitra’s counsel that his client’s liberty is being affected and he is not able to move the High Court of Orissa, where the lawyers are on strike for about a month now, the apex court ordered the lawyers to resume court work so that the petitioner as well as other litigants are able to approach the courts for protection of their liberty.

 Taking note of the rift between the Odisha police and the lawyers over certain pending criminal cases against some policemen and an advocate, the Supreme Court directed the State DGP to transfer the investigation of these cases to the IGP of Crime Branch, who shall personally investigate the cases. The Bench also expressed the hope that the IGP shall conduct the investigation with all sincerity, concern and objectivity.

 Meanwhile, following the receipt of a communication from the Registrar General of Orissa High Court along with the Thursday’s order of the Supreme Court, the Orissa High Court Bar Association secretary convened a meeting of all the bar associations of Cuttack in the High Court Association hall at 9.30 am on Friday.

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