Tag: Orissa High Court

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.

Justice S. Muralidhar, the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court paid a visit to the Bhubaneswar court to review the pendency of cases and the ground situation.

Petitioner had claimed that she had been wrongly awarded 99 marks out of total marks of 720 whereas as per her assessment, she is entitled to score at least 702 marks.

Around 1500 contractual data entry operators will be benefitted by the Court's order

The court’s order came in response to a petition filed against the reservation list for the upcoming polls issued by the State government recently. 

The courts are duty bound to come to the rescue of the victims and alleviate their mental agony and suffering especially in cases where there is a lacuna in the law, said Justice SK Panigrahi while issuing the order.