Tag: Orissa High Court

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Police-lawyer Spat: Hearing in Orissa HC on October 10

Cuttack: The agitating lawyers have remained firm on their demands as they chose to continue their protests demanding action against the cops allegedly involved in assaulting a lawyer at Nuabazar area in Cuttack. During a meeting today, the Orissa High Court Bar Association decided to continue and extend the cease-work stir stating that a decision […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
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Demand for HC Bench: Courts to remain shut till end of Monsoon Session

Sambalpur: Intensifying the long-standing demand of a permanent High Court bench, members of the Western Odisha Lawyers’ Association today informed that all the courts in the town will remain closed till the end of the Monsoon Session of Odisha Assembly on September 20. However, the Association notified that all government offices will remain open during […]

  • Friday, 04 June 2021
Orissa High Court Invites Applications For 202 ASO Posts
COVID Spread: Orissa High Court Shuts Down For 8 Days

With an upsurge in COVID cases in Cuttack city and some staff getting infected with Coronavirus, the Orissa High Court and its offices will be completely closed from May 20 to 27.

  • Wednesday, 19 May 2021
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Senior Advocate Designation: Orissa HC Annuls Own Ruling

A division bench of Justice CR Dash and Justice Pramath Patnaik termed the sub-rule (9) of Rule-6 of High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2019 as ultra vires.

  • Tuesday, 11 May 2021
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Justice Pramath Patnaik takes oath as Orissa HC judge

Cuttack: Justice Pramath Patnaik was sworn in as the Judge of Orissa High Court. Chief Justice KS Jhaveri administered the oath of office and secrecy to Patnaik at a formal ceremony held in the High Court today. Justice Patnaik was retransferred to Orissa High Court from Jharkhand High Court, where he was serving since December […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Anjana Mishra Gang Rape Case: Can CBI Unravel The Conspiracy Theory?
Anjana Mishra Appeals Orissa High Court To Direct CBI To Speed Up Investigation

Cuttack: Gang-rape survivor Anjana Mishra has requested the Orissa High Court (HC) to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to divulge information regarding the involvement of more persons in…

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Covid-19 Surge: Orissa High Court’s Summer Vacation Advanced By 3 Weeks

Cuttack: In View of the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 pandemic in the State, the Orissa High Court on Friday extended its ensuing summer vacation by around three weeks. The period…

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EVM vandalisation: HC grants interim protection to BJP candidate Om Prakash Mishra

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court (HC) today granted anticipatory bail to BJP MLA candidate from Satyabadi Assembly constituency Om Prakash Mishra in connection with the alleged vandalisation of EVM in a booth in Puri during the third phase polls. As per the High Court order, no police action can be initiated against Mishra until further […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Orissa High Court Orders Eviction Of Illegal Prawn Gherries From Chilika, Bhitarkanika

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has ordered eviction of illegal prawn gherries at Chilika, Bhitarkanika and other eco-sensitive wetland areas in Puri and Ganjam district. While directing the Collectors of…

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Orissa HC Bar to boycott court of 3 judges till June 26

Cuttack: Intensifying its ongoing agitation against the elevation of lawyers, who are not regular practitioners of the High Court, the Orissa High Court Bar Association today decided to boycott the courts of Collegium-member judges. The association has announced to refrain from attending the courts of Collegium-member judges constituting Chief Justice of Orissa and two senior […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
No Headway In 12 Sensitive Cases: Bharatiya Vikash Parishad To Move Orissa HC Seeking CBI Probe

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Vikash Parishad, a social organization, will file a PIL in Orissa High Court seeking CBI investigation into a number of cases, including ‘Pihu’ missing case, Jagatsinghpur engineer…

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Strike-crippled courts, a 'constitutional crisis in Odisha'

Bhubaneswar: From Western to Coastal Odisha, the entire judicial system has virtually been brought to its knees by agitations by lawyers over various issues in the State. This has led to massive resentment among people as they are being deprived of judicial services and justice. It is pertinent to mention here that the lawyers in […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Case in HC against Congress MLA Moquim over false poll affidavit

Cuttack: A case was filed in Orissa High Court against Congress’ Barabati-Cuttack MLA, Mohammed Moquim alleging that he furnished a false affidavit during the recently-concluded Assembly election. BJD leader Debashish Samantaray, who lost to Moquim, has filed the case alleging that the Congress lawmaker, in his affidavit, did not mention facts about his criminal activities […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Odisha Tops In Average Age Of Pendency In Criminal Cases: Eco-Survey

Bhubaneswar: It seems the justice delivery in Odisha takes its own time. In the indicator of average age of criminal cases pending, the State topped the country. Not only criminal cases, the average years of pendency in civil cases is also highest in the country. Such an embarrassing fact was brought to the fore by […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Odisha implements Centre's Witness Protection Scheme

Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the State government has implemented the Centre’s Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 and informed the same to the Orissa High Court. Reportedly, the Apex Court in December last year had approved the Centre’s scheme and ordered that the Union of India as well as States and Union Territories will enforce the […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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