Maha lawyers’ strike winds down after 54th-day CJ meet: Lawyers from six districts in Maharashtra who were demanding a Bombay HC circuit bench in Kolhapur yesterday ended their 55-day boycott of courts, “respecting the judiciary” after an hour-long meeting with Bombay HC chief justice Mohit Shah who asked them to call off the boycott before taking any decision. He assured them that a senior official has visited Kolhapur to asses the city;s infrastructure for a court [TOI/TOI]

Orissa lawyers end 25-day strike : Orissa high court lawyers will end their 25-days long boycott of courts tomorrow, announced the Orissa High Court Bar Association, adding that a team would visit Delhi to urge the president, prime minister ad union law minister to ignore the state government’s recommendation for circuit benches of the Orissa HC in southern and western Orissa [PTI]

Lawyer files Bombay HC PIL against striking lawyers: Fed up of court boycotts, a Satara-based lawyer Manoj Shirsat has moved a petition in the Bombay HC against the striking Maharashtra and Goa Bar Council and six other bar associations who are demanding a high court bench to be set up in their respective districts [DNA]