A sessions court here on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to lawyer Jayshri Patil, wife of advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, in connection with the violent protests by some MSRTC staffers outside Silver Oak, the Malabar Hill residence of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.

Sadavarte, one of the lawyers representing the striking workers of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, was arrested for the protest that took place on April 8 and is presently in judicial custody.