Udupi Bar Association hosts lunch on court premises

Not more than 50 attended the programme, says association president Divakar Shetty

The Udupi Bar Association on Friday hosted a lunch for advocates and court staff on the District Court premises wherein hundreds reportedly participated amid the government enforcing COVID-19 protocol. Eyewitnesses said that nearly 500 people had lunch during the event to mark the annual lunch before closure of Civil Courts for the summer holidays; also to celebrate the marriage of advocate Vishwanath Shetty and to extend farewell to a few judicial officers who have been transferred. Udupi Bar Association president Divakar M. Shetty, however, denied having organised a mega lunch. He told The Hindu that it was an annual convention among all bar associations to extend lunch on the eve of the summer holidays. Not more than 50 people participated in the programme as everyone dreaded the pandemic, he said.