High Court Benches in South and Western Odisha: Ganjam lawyers to hold meet

BERHAMPUR, September 25, 2013: Steering committee of Ganjam Bar Association on Tuesday demanded that the Odisha government immediately recommend to the Central government establishment of permanent benches of Odisha High Court in south Odisha and Western Odisha.

The steering committee of the Ganjam Bar Association convened a meeting under the chairmanship of its president Kapileswar Patnaik to discuss their future course of action regarding the continuing agitation by lawyers for the demand of a High Court bench for south Odisha in Berhampur. It may be noted that on last four days of every month lawyers of Ganjam Bar Association continue to boycott courts for the demand of establishment of High Court bench in the city.

The steering committee decided to convene a meeting on Sept 28, to discuss in detail their future course of action.

According to Mr Patnaik, presidents and secretaries of all other bar associations in Ganjam and Gajapati districts who are part of the action committee formed for the demand of High Court bench in Berhampur would be invited to this meeting. It was hoped that on that day the lawyers may decide to intensify the agitation in future to make it more visible.

Mr Patnaik claimed that 15 bar associations of south Odisha were in support of the demand of Ganjam Bar Association for establishment of High Court bench in Berhampur. “These 15 bar associations are also observing two-day ceasework every month to express their solidarity with the demand,” Mr Patnaik said. Source: The Hindu

Editorial Observation 

In Karnataka HC is in Bengaluru and Benches are at Hubli-Dharwad & Gulbarga, in Madhya Pradsh HC is in Jabalpur and Benches are in Gwalior & Indore, in Tamil Nadu, HC is in Chennai and Bench is in Madurai and Maharashtra HC is in Mumbai Benches are in Nagpur& Aurangabad. So why not multiple Benches are possible in Odisha?