CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court Bar Association (OHCBA) will continue to boycott the courts of Chief Justice KS Jhaveri and the two senior-most judges - Justice Sanju Panda and Justice SK Mishra as its general body could not take a decision on CJI’s advice to lift the boycott.
Association president Gopal Krushna Mohanty said the boycott will continue till the general body meets on July 3 to take a decision on the future course of agitation.
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The CJI’s advice had come after an OHCBA delegation met him on June 22 and submitted a memorandum demanding elevation of regular practitioners of HC for filling up of posts of judges that have been lying vacant for years.
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The Association has been boycotting courts of the collegium judges from June 17 demanding withdrawal of recommendation of name of a lawyer for appointment as judge of the court, though he is not a regular practitioner of the High Court.