Lawyers go on strike
Lawyers in the northern states, including the capital, on Monday went on a day-long strike in the district courts demanding withdrawal of the proposed changes in the CrPC that gives police the discretion to arrest the accused in an offence punishable upto 7 year jail term.
Orissa High Court has observed that lawyers have no right to boycott court proceedings for days together and any strike by them would be viewed as ``bad in law''.