Tag: High Court

Cuttack: The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to industrialist Trailokya Mishra and his son Sabyasachi in connection with the dowry torture case lodged against them by Sabyasachi’s wife Lopamudra Mishra. The court granted the bail on the basis of Rs 20,000 bond and bailer. Notably, Lopamudra had filed a dowry harassment case against Trailokya, […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court (HC) on Monday set aside the plea of Odisha Private Engineering Colleges Association (OPECA) challenging the State government’s decision to increase the number of seats in government-run engineering colleges. In July the body had knocked HC doors questioning the increase in intake capacity of technical institutes for the 2016-2020 session. […]

Cuttack: In a major blow to the residents of Belabahali in Keonjhar district opposing the construction of a bridge on Kusei river, the High Court today set aside the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a local outfit saying that the petition does not bear any public interest. While refusing to interfere in the decision […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today rejected the petition of Nirmal Rout, a close aide of gangster siblings Sushant and Sushil Dhalasamant, seeking extension of his interim bail, which ended today. The court had granted interim bail to Rout on on July 13 on health grounds against a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two […]

Cuttack: In a major relief to casting couch accused Papu Pom Pom alias Tattwa Prakash Satpathy, the high Court granted bail to him and his associate Pradipta Swain today. The court also directed the accused duo not to threaten the witnesses and destroy evidence. They will also cooperate with the police in the investigation, the […]

The Odisha government has moved the Supreme Court (SC) against an order pronounced by the Orissa High Court (HC) allowing lifting of piled up iron ore stock by Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) from Sarada Mines

Puri/Cuttack: Two days after Puri police released photographs of eight servitors accused of manhandling the collector during the Niladri Bije of the deities on July 17 terming them ‘absconders’, two of them today moved the High Court seeking anticipatory bail. They are Ipsita Pratihari and Bhagirathi Khuntia. Three others – Damodar Mahasuara, Jayakrusna Mahasuara and […]

Cuttack: Vehemently protesting the arrest of senior lawyer Debasis Panda by the CBI yesterday, lawyers of the Orissa High Court Bar Association began a cease work from today. The Association took the decision at its general body meeting in the morning. “In its general body meeting today, the Association strongly condemned the manner in which […]

Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of Sura Mishra alias Sura Baba and his son Trilochan in connection with a land fraud case in Chhatrapur in Ganjam district. “The accused have played with the religious sentiments of the people and made huge money. Granting bail to these two accused would […]

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice TS Thakur on Sunday said the judiciary has maintained its credibility despite the fact that the challenges of credibility have kept multiplying

Jagatsinghpur: Justice Bhabani Prasad Ray, who died yesterday, was cremated at his native place Biridi in Jagatsinghpur district today. Earlier in the day, Ray was given a guard of honour on the High Court premises before his body was taken to his native place at Biridi for cremation. Judges of the High Court, the Advocate […]

Cuttack: Justice Bhabani Prasad Ray, who died yesterday, was given a guard of honour on the High Court premises here today before his body was taken to his native place at Biridi in Jagatsinghpur district for cremation. Judges of High Court, Advocate General, members of High Court bar association and other bar councils members were […]

Bhubaneswar: Judo coach Biranchi Das murder convict Sandeep (Raja) Acharya went on parole to attend his mother’s death anniversary on Wednesday after the Orissa High Court accepted his plea. Acharya was directed to depose before the police on April 21. He had also gone on parole at the time of the death of his mother. […]

Cuttack: In a major blow to the recruitment drive in Ravenshaw University, the High Court today passed an interim order asking the vice chancellor of the university, University Grant Commission (UGC) and secretary of Higher Education department to continue with the process sans appointment letters. Hearing a petition filed by a candidate against the university’s […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday rejected the bail pleas of MP Ramchandra Hansda and media house owner Madhu Mohanty, who are currently in jail for their involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam in the State. While hearing Hansda’s interim bail plea, the court maintained that health-related reasons furnished by the petitioner are […]