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Orissa High Court
Bring Vigilance under RTI purview, directs Orissa HC

State Vigilance except sensitive and confidential activities undertaken by the department should be brought under ambit of RTI, ordered the court while hearing petitions challenging 2016 order which kept Vigilance out of RTI purview. 

  • Monday, 20 June 2022
Two new Orissa High Court judges sworn in
Two new Orissa High Court judges sworn in

Justices Subhasis Talapatra and Sanjay Kumar Mishra were sworn in as the judges of the Orissa High Court on Friday. The swearing-in-ceremony was held in the conference hall of the HC. 

  • Friday, 10 June 2022
India-South Africa T20 at Barabati: Orissa HC junks match cancellation plea
Barabati India-South Africa match on schedule, HC sets aside plea against tie

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday quashed a petition filed seeking cancellation of the upcoming India-South Africa T20I match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on June 12.

  • Tuesday, 07 June 2022
Petition filed in Orissa High Court seeking cancellation of India-South Africa T20 at Barabati stadium
Plea filed in Orissa HC seeking cancellation of India-South Africa T20 at Barabati

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Orissa High Court on Wednesday seeking cancellation of the upcoming T20 International match between India and South Africa to be played at Barabati stadium in Cuttack.

  • Wednesday, 01 June 2022
Orissa HC orders to pay family pension to unmarried trans offsprings
Orissa HC orders to pay family pension to unmarried trans offsprings

Orissa High Court has issued an order for immediate payment of family pension to the unmarried transgender offsprings of the deceased employees

  • Friday, 27 May 2022
Plant 50 trees for fining illiterate woman without hearing her case: Orissa HC to Tehsildar
Plant 50 trees for fining illiterate woman without hearing her case: Orissa HC to Tehsildar

The court of Justice Biswanath Rath recently asked the tehsildar of Kakatpur in Puri district to plant the trees along the roads in any sector in Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) area.

  • Saturday, 21 May 2022
Orissa High Court rejects bail to MLA Prashant Jagdev in road rage case
Orissa High Court rejects bail to MLA Prashant Jagdev in road rage case

The Orissa High Court on Friday declined to grant bail to Chilika MLA Prashant Jagdev in connection with a road rage incident caused by the legislator which left as many as 22 people injured in Khordha in March earlier this year.

  • Friday, 20 May 2022
Politics heats up in Odisha as HC Bar association decides to oppose permanent benches 
Politics heats up in Odisha as HC Bar association decides to oppose permanent benches 

While Opposition BJP and Congress alleged that the State government does not want the permanent benches to be set up in western and southern Odisha, the ruling BJD accused the Centre of creating disturbance over the matter in the State.

  • Thursday, 19 May 2022
Stop Discharging Sewage Into Kathajodi River, Directs Orissa High Court
Orissa HC Bar Association to move Chief Justice opposing two permanent benches

The Orissa High Court on Wednesday unanimously decided to launch a formal opposition against the proposal for setting up of two permanent benches of the High Court of Orissa.

  • Thursday, 19 May 2022
RERA
RERA Act: Orissa HC slams breaks on registration of new apartments in State

The High Court expressed concern that sale deeds conveying common areas to the individual owners of apartments were getting registered by the builders on a daily basis in violation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) - RERA Act, 2016.

  • Monday, 16 May 2022
Construction under Srimandir heritage corridor
MASSIVE COVERUP: Dig work may’ve weakened Srimandir, says ASI

Conforming to the fears of lakhs of Jagannath devotees around the world, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday revealed excavation and soil removal work during construction under the Srimandir Parikrama Project may have destroyed the archaeological remains of the heritage site.

  • Monday, 09 May 2022
No nod to Srimandir Corridor project work so far: ASI to Orissa High Court
No nod to Srimandir Corridor project work so far: ASI tells Orissa High Court

In a significant development in the controversy surrounding the Puri Srimandir Corridor project, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday made it clear before the Orissa High Court that it has not granted any permission to Odisha government to carry out the construction of the heritage venture.

  • Monday, 09 May 2022
Chilika MLA Prashant Jagdev's interim bail extended
Chilika MLA Prashant Jagdev's interim bail extended

According to Jagdev's counsel Abhinab Chand, the court has directed to extend the MLA's interim bail for seven more days till May 11.

  • Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Nalco coal crunch: Orissa High Court orders joint meeting to resolve crisis
Nalco coal crunch: Orissa High Court orders joint meeting to resolve crisis

The HC bench directed that the meeting should be conducted by the Secretaries of Power, Coal, Mines and the Chairman, Railway Board with the Managing Directors (MDs) of MCL and the NALCO not later than 6 pm tomorrow (April 26). 

  • Monday, 25 April 2022
Orissa High Court
Orissa HC orders authorities to repair jail toilets within 10 days

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the HC warned of stern action against the officials who will fail to repair toilets in the stipulated time and suggested outsourcing maintenance of toilets.

  • Wednesday, 20 April 2022
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