Court works hit as lawyers go on 2-day strike

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Rourkela: Court proceedings in the Steel City were completely paralysed today as lawyers of Rourkela Bar Association (RBA) went on a two-day strike from today in protest against the State Government’s apathy towards providing them matching grant.

The two-day strike is being observed by RBA in response to statewide lawyers’ strike called by Bar Association of Odisha. Lawyers of RBA boycotted courts, seeking amendment in Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act.

Hundreds of lawyers slammed the State Government for its negligence towards legal professionals in the State. They alleged that the Government has failed to sanction the matching grant to them.

The lawyers said that the State Government had agreed to sanction this grant to all bar associations with 47,000 working lawyers as members so as to provide them with post-retirement benefits.

As many as 1,200 lawyers of the RBA will get various benefits from the interests of matching grant of Rs. 80 lakh to be given by State per annum. They will also avail of death benefits from bar association.

“As per decision in 2008, the State Government had agreed to pay Rs. 80 lakh annually to the RBA while the latter will deposit same amount at state exchequer. The money will be deposited in the banks where advocates, in case of death or retirement, will get benefits from interest of the amount,” explained Rajkishore Pradhan, a practicing lawyer at Rourkela.     
 

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