Tag: High Court

Cuttack: The Orissa High court on Monday directed the authorities of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) to refrain from any construction work of their proposed Jagannath temple at Puri. In its interim order on a writ petition filed by Iskcon, the court also asked all the parties to present their side in this matter […]

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday rejected the appeal of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) challenging an order of Puri-Konark Development Authority (PKDA) regarding the former’s proposed construction of a Jagannath temple in Puri. In its order, the court asked ISKCON to present its side before PKDA on the temple project and its […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: With more skeletons tumbling out of the closet of Dhalasamant brothers every day, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed at the Orissa High Court on Wednesday demanding a CBI inquiry into the brother duo’s alleged links with politicians, ministers and bureaucrats. The PIL filed by human rights activist Prabir Pradhan urged the court […]

Cuttack: Holding Odisha government vicariously liable for the June 2012 custodial death of Kuldeep Mohapatra of Bhubaneswar, the Orissa High Court today ordered the government to pay damages of Rs five lakh to the youth’s family. Based on the reports submitted by CBI and a local magisterial inquiry, Justice B R Sarangi ordered the compensation […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: In a major relief to Odisha’s Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging his appointment filed by Utkal Bharat president and former MP Kharavela Swain. A three-member bench of the apex court rejected the PIL, which sought to declare the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major jolt to the 124 medicos of Jaring-based Sardar Rajas medical college in Kalahandi, who were recently relocated in five institutions in the State as per an order of the Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday barred them from attending classes till the next hearing of the case scheduled for […]

Students of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) on Saturday locked the main gate of the medical college and staged a demonstration against the absorption of students of Jaring-based Sardar Rajas Medical College

Cuttack: Taking note of mushrooming private boys’ and girls’ hostels in the CDA area of Cuttack, the Odisha High Court on Thursday asked officials of the Cuttack Development Authority to vacate all such hostels within the Christmas holiday. The court ordered the CDA authorities a compliance report in this regard on January 7. Earlier, while […]

After eight days of robbery at the residence of retired High Court judge Justice P.K. Mohanty, burglars have targetted an advocate’s house in Sector-11 of CDA in the silver city again

Odisha High Court on Friday said a land seller can sell the immovable property even if his/her name is not mentioned in the Record of Rights (RoR) or ‘patta’ while adjudicating a case

Bhubaneswar: Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel will be the next chief justice of Orissa High Court. He will be sworn in as the 27th chief justice of Odisha on October 12.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking the removal of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from his post as he has been named as an accused in a case of alleged assault on former Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. A division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar […]

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday entrusted to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the case relating to the knife attack on YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam Airport on October 25. The court passed the orders on petitions filed by leaders of YSR Congress, seeking a probe by a central […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted more time to former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case to file their replies to a CBI plea challenging their acquittal. Justice Najmi Waziri allowed the pleas of some accused seeking more time to file response on the […]

New Delhi: In a major relief to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the High Court on Friday set aside the Election Commission recommendation disqualifying 20 ruling party MLAs in an office-of-profit case. The court asked the Election Commission to hear the case afresh because the MLAs were not given proper hearing before the poll panel […]