President Ram Nath Kovind appointed V Narasingh, Biraja Prasanna Satapathy and Murahari Sri Raman to be the judges of Orissa High Court in order of seniority.
MP Prasanna Acharya urged the Centre to bring legislation to allow change of names of high courts in line with the change in name of the states.
The interim relief will be effective for one month, protecting Union Minister Bishweswar Tudu, who is facing serious charges of assault on two government officials, from arrest till March 8.
Two senior BJP leaders - Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu and Sundergarh MP Jual Oram - who are facing serious charges of assault and indecent behaviour have approached the Orissa High Court seeking anticipatory bail.
A single bench of Justice Biswanath Rath passed the order on January 31 while hearing a writ petition regarding the reopening of schools.
During the course of adjudication of the petitions, pursuant to HC notices, the state government and the UGC had submitted counter affidavits.
Petitioners sought protection of human rights as well as fundamental rights and other Constitutional rights of the inhabitants of Dhinkia and nearby villages under Abhayachandpur police limits in Jagatsinghpur district.
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday announced to shut down its operations for five days till January 17 in view of the surge in cases of COVID among court staff.
Earlier, a plea was filed by the Council before the High Court which stated that the final list of voters was not prepared as the verification of the lawyers was still on in order to meet the directives of The Bar Council Of India (BCI).
An appeal has been made to the advocates by the bench to avoid addressing presiding judges with terms like ‘My Lord’, ‘Your Lordship’, ‘Your Honour’ or ‘Hon’able’.
The government informed the Orissa High Court that it will issue a fresh notification regarding the reservation of seats on December 27.
Members of the Orissa High Court Bar Association staged a peaceful dharna on Monday demanding the transfer of the incumbent Chief Justice of Orissa High Court S. Muralidhar, alleging that his conduct smacks of 'anti-lawyer'.
As per the Law minister’s reply to a question in the Odisha Legislative Assembly on 7th December 2021, there were 17,68,704 cases pending in district courts of Odisha presently. There are 1,87,028 cases pending in the High Court, the minister informed the Assembly.
Law Minister Pratap Jena told the Odisha Assembly that 17,68,704 cases pending in different District courts of the State. Apart from that, a total of 1,87,028 cases are pending with the Orissa High Court alone.
The HC has nominated retired district judge ABS Naidu to monitor the probe of the case which has triggered a political storm in the State.
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