Bhubaneswar: Advocate Gyan Ranjan Mohanty, former president of the All Odisha Lawyers’ Association and a member of the State Bar Council, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
He was 62, and is survived by wife Rashmita, and daughters Dr Adisha Mohanty and Advocate Abhilipsa Mohanty, who were all by his side when he breathed his last.
He had been undergoing medical treatment for a prolonged period.
His mortal remains were kept at the Bhubaneswar Bar Association premises to enable members of the judicial fraternity and other admirers to pay their last respects.
Hundreds of advocates, including Bhubaneswar Bar Association general secretary Suman Rautray, laid floral wreaths on his bier to pay homage to Mohanty.
Senior advocate and president of All Odisha Lawyers’ Association Bibhu Prasad Tripathy, along with senior office-bearers of the association Sameer Nayak, Sushant Mahapatra, Manoranjan Mohanty and Subash Mishra, among others, expressed their condolences.
Tripathy said that the legal fraternity of Odisha had lost a dedicated leader who provided strong organisational leadership to the lawyer community.
State Bar Council chairman Sitanshu Mohan Dwivedi, and its members Dhananjay Mund, Arupananda Das and Manas Chand paid their last respects and offered tributes to the departed advocate.
In Mohanty’s memory, the All Odisha Lawyers’ Association has decided to organise a state-level condolence meeting. It has also resolved to dedicate this year’s state-level conference to his memory and hold it on a memorial platform named in his honour.
Mohanty, who served as general secretary of the Bhubaneswar Bar Association, was elected to the State Bar Council thrice and also served as president and secretary of All Odisha Lawyers’ Association.