Demanded establishment of district & sessions judge court in RayagadaBERHAMPUR: Members of the Rayagada Bar Association launched an indefinite cease-work on September 22 demanding establishment of district and sessions judge court for their district in Rayagada town. The lawyers held dharna at the court in Rayagada.
Rayagada is one of the districts in the State not having a district court. Before 1992, Orissa had 13 districts. In October 1992 the number of districts in Orissa was increased to 30. But at present, the 13 undivided districts have district and sessions judge courts. The newly constituted 17 districts have additional district and session judge courts.
Recently this issue was discussed at a meeting attended by Law Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh and Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei. It was declared that district and sessions judge courts would be opened in the remaining districts in a phased manner. As per the declaration district and sessions judge courts will be set up in Angul, Bhadrak, Bargarh, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Nabarangpur and Nayagarh in first phase.President of the Bar Association, Sahadev Choudhury said Rayagada district was neglected in this matter while some districts which have only one revenue subdivision would get district judge courts.
Courtesy:The Hindu
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