Tag: Orissa High Court

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Senior officials of Odisha government including Home Secretary Asit Tripathy, DGP RP Sharma and Crime Branch IG Arun Bothra on Tuesday appeared before National Commission for Scheduled Castes at New Delhi in connection with the alleged gang rape and subsequent suicide of a minor girl at Kunduli in Koraput. The National Commission […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court (HC) today directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct expeditious hearing of a petition filed against BJD’s Rajya Sabha member, Achyuta Samanta. Hearing a petition filed by Right to Information (RTI) activist, Subhash Mohapatra challenging the election of Samanta to the Upper House, the HC stated that the […]

Cuttack: While hearing a petition seeking probe by a central agency into the gang rape and subsequent suicide of the school girl in Kunduli of Koraput district, the Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State government to file a response by May 10. The petition seeking a probe by CBI or NIA was filed […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Achyuta Samanta’s election to Rajya Sabha has been challenged in Orissa High Court by Right to Information (RTI) activist Subhash Mohapatra. Mohapatra moved the High Court today seeking invalidation of Samanta’s Rajya Sabha membership. Mohapatra, whose nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections were rejected in March, alleged that criminal cases are pending […]

Bhubaneswar/ Cuttack: Rich tributes were paid to Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das, the architect of modern Odisha on his birth anniversary on Saturday. Members of Utkal Sammilani paid floral tributes to Madhu babu at his samadhi at Gora Kabar in Cuttack. Similarly, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, speaker Pradip Amat and other politicians garlanded the statue of […]

Cuttack: In a big relief to arrested BJD MLA Pravat Biswal, the Orissa High Court today granted him interim bail in connection with his links in the Seashore chit fund scam case. The Court granted a two-month interim bail to the Cuttack Chowdwar legislator who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on […]

Cuttack: Police Commissioner YB Khurania has assured security to all the witnesses in various cases involving gangster Raja Acharya, who was granted bail by the Orissa High Court on April 20. Briefing media persons, Khurania said police will keep its eyes on Acharya after he is released from jail and persons seeking police protection will […]

Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police is likely to move the Orissa High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to gangster Raja Acharya, informed Police Commissioner YB Khurania today. Opinion of a legal expert will be sought by the police in this regard and the petition will be filed after receiving relevant documents from the court, said […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today expressed displeasure over the delay in Srimandir rituals. Rapping the state government for wrong interpretation of its order, the court clarified that it only reviewed the temple repair works and didn’t pass any orders pertaining to the rituals of Srimandir. The court added that it is the state government […]

Puri: Jagamohan, the sanctum sanctorum of Puri Sri Jagannath Temple (Srimandir) reopened after a gap of over two years on Monday following the Orissa High Court order. The Jagamohan was closed for repairs by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) since January 28, 2016. The Orissa High Court had directed ASI and the Sri Jagannath Temple […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today issued notices to the State government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) directing them to submit a reply to the petitions, seeking a CBI probe into the alleged gang rape and suicide of the minor girl in Kunduli, before May 3. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Vineet […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging bail granted by Orissa High Court to chit fund scam accused and Seashore Group CMD, Prashant Das’s wife Jyotirani Sarangi. The Orissa High Court on November 10, 2016 had released Sarangi on conditional bail. She was asked to furnish a bail bond of Rs.50,000 with […]

Puri: The Orissa High Court today reprimanded the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) for not specifying the exact date for opening of Srimandir’s Jagamohan in the affidavit submitted by the latter. Although it has been a month since the completion of the repair work, why has   the SJTA failed to mention a specific date for […]

Bhubaneswar: A PIL was filed in the Orissa High Court today, seeking action against Chief Minister’s private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian over alleged irregularities during his tenure as Ganjam Collector. Bharatiya Vikas Parishad, a non-profit organization, filed the petition alleging Pandian and nine others of showing undue favou r to an organization identified as Mana […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed suspended BJD MP Ramchandra Hansda to approach the Orissa High Court (HC) for bail in connection with his links with scam-tainted chit fund company Nabadiganta Capital Services. Moreover, the apex court has asked the HC to conduct a hearing on the bail plea within four weeks, sources […]