Times of India, Sept. 26, 2013
BHUBANESWAR/BHAWANIPATNA: Lawyers from Rourkela and Balangir on Wednesday demanded chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the capital to recommend to the Centre for establishment of Orissa high court benches in their areas.
Representatives from Rourkela and Balangir bar associations had separate meetings with Naveenand pleaded for their cases. Rourkela bar association president Ramesh Bal said Rourkela with a population of seven lakh was the third most important town in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and deserves to have a permanent bench. Balangir bar association leader Rakhal Nanda said they demands re-establishment of the bench, which existed a decades back.
Meanwhile, the joint action committee (JAC) has threatened to boycott the urban body election over their demand for a permanent bench of the Orissa high court at Kalahandi. President of Kalahandi bar association Daitari Pradhan told mediapersons that they suspect political interference on the issue ahead of the polls in western Odisha and before CR Pal Commission submits its report on October 30.
The lawyers have also decided to cease court proceedings on every Monday.
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