Tag: High Court

Cuttack: Amid the ongoing war of words over alleged discrepancies in poll expenses of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and BJD, the Orissa High Court will hear on the recall petition filed by Ganjam Collector in connection with the issue today. Earlier, a hearing was slated to be held on July 27 but the court adjourned […]

Cuttack: In a strong judgment, the Odisha High Court today quashed the socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC) Reservation Act of the state government. Earlier, a dispute had been raised before the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) by over a hundred job applicants in the general category terming the act illegal. The Act was challenged in […]

Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court has issued stay order on e-registration of land documents as Information Technology (IT) Act is yet to be amended by the State. It had been alleged that online registration of deeds without amendment in IT Act, Evidence Act and Registration Act is illegal. Not only in Bhubaneswar, IL&FS Technologies Ltd (ITL) […]

Cuttack: Orissa High Court on Friday granted additional seven days time to CBSE to provide photocopies of answer sheets to 159 students who had earlier moved court demanding re-evaluation after alleged discrepancies in the publication of the Class XII results. The development came after the board had moved Court seeking additional time in providing the […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after the High Court rapped CBSE over alleged discrepancies in publication of Class XII results, the board on Tuesday formed special committees to conduct fresh scrutiny of answer copies. As per reports, the CBSE has decided to form two committees to find out if there have been any irregularities in the evaluation of […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBSE Class 12 results fiasco is getting worse day by day with the conditions put by the board after the Odisha High Court directed it to provide photocopies of the answer sheets of the students. The students had filed petition over discrepancies in the results. The Odisha Parents’ Association has alleged that the […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBSE results controversy intensified further after the board authorities sent another mail last night to 18 students, who had moved High Court, regarding their marks after re-evaluation. The fresh mail sparked off resentment among the students as some of them found a decline in score while some others secured a little high than […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBSE today submitted the result sheets of 18 students to the court even as the fate of others has hanged in balance amid the controversy surrounding the discrepancies in marking of Plus-II answer sheets. These 18 students can check their results on Monday while others have decided to file mass petition in Orissa […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to Soumendra, the elder brother of Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in the vigilance case over alleged black marketing and adulteration of cooking gas by the agency in Talcher owned by him. The court has asked Soumendra to cooperate with the probe team during course of […]

Bhubaneswar:  Stand-up comedian and Ollywood actor Tatwa Prakash Satapathy alias Papu Pom Pom has sought one month time to present his case in the Odisha High Court in connection with the much-hyped minor casting couch case. The actor sought the time period through his advocate today. It may be mentioned here that Papu Pom Pom […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today rejected the petition filed by the Congress MLA Bhujbal Majhi against Rajya Sabha MP N Bhaskar Rao for furnishing wrong information in his affidavit during filing of nomination for the upper house. The High Court rejected the case on the grounds that Rao was not provided with a copy […]

Cuttack: After remaining behind bars for over two years, proprietor of Odia daily ‘Odisha Bhaskar’ Madhu Mohanty will finally walk out of jail as the Orissa High Court granted him conditional bail today in connection with the Artha Tatwa chit-fund scam. While granting him bail against two bailers and surety of Rs 25 lakh each, […]

Cuttack: After remaining around five months in jail, Congress leader and top class contractor Bapi Sarkhel has finally been granted conditional bail by the Orissa High Court, today, in the Seaways Shipping GM Mahendra Swain’s murder case. The court granted him the bail against two bailers and surety of Rs 1 lakh each while directing […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha High Court today rejected bail applications of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Tapas Paul and Seashore group co-director Pravat Das, in connection with the Rose Valley and Seashore chit fund scams, respectively. Paul had moved the High Court seeking bail on health grounds. Earlier on January 7, the Special CJM CBI court in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday said that the repair work of Jagamohan in Puri temple, the hall facing the 12th century shrine, will be completed by June 2. Informing the media, Puri Collector Arvind Agarwal, said Works Department has submitted an affidavit in this regard before the Orissa High Court. Officials of Sri Jagannath […]