"Odisha Not Such A Big State" : Supreme Court Disapproves Of Agitating Lawyers' Demand For High Court Benches

Awstika Das

29 Nov 2022 10:16 AM IST

  • Odisha Not Such A Big State : Supreme Court Disapproves Of Agitating Lawyers Demand For High Court Benches

    The State of Odisha is not large enough to merit the demand for the constitution of permanent benches outside Cuttack, the Supreme Court of India said on Monday. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka was dealing with the problem of lawyers abstaining from work in several districts of Odisha over a long-standing demand for a permanent bench of the Orissa High...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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